- Date
- January 30, 1983, 12:23 local (17:23 UTC)
- Place
- Bridgeport, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N62264Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830130001809A
- Case key
- 35148
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After practicing three takeoffs and landings, a fourth takeoff was aborted. The student completed a run-up, checked the controls and received clearance to takeoff. He stated that he began rolling straight down the centerline, then at about 45 KTS, the plane abruptly turned to the left, subsequently, the plane hit a snowbank at the intersection of runways 11 and 34 and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62264
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2072436
- Airframe hours
- 663
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Vance,II
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 11, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- BDR · Bridgeport, runway 11, 4,761 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 69 total · 69 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BDR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N62264 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.