- Date
- August 2, 1983, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Easton, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3943FCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830802037879A
- Case key
- 35244
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported that during landing the brakes locked & the acft then hit two bumps in the rwy & ballooned. The acft then skidded off the end of the rwy, collided with a plowed furrow & flipped inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3943F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36843
- Airframe hours
- 1,825
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cambridge Valley Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1982
- Departed
- NY05 · Cambridge, NY
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 24, 1,800 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 130 in this make and model · 90 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N3943F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.