# NTSB NYC84LA179: Cessna 175, N6709E, Ticonderoga, NY, May 20, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 20, 1984, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Ticonderoga, NY
- Coordinates: 43.840263, -73.420127 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8403&lon=-73.4201&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35563
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA179
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35563/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA179

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - improper, pilot in command
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,total
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

A STUDENT PLT PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS OBSERVED ANOTHER ACFT AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY, FACING HIM. ASSUMING A COLLISION WAS IMMENENT, THE PLT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF, BUT LOCKED THE BRAKES WHILE TRYING TO STOP. THE ACFT SWERVED OFF THE RWY, THE NOSEWHEEL FORK BROKE, THE STRUT DUG INTO THE TERRAIN AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6709E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6709E), registered now, S/N 56209 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Registry model: [Cessna 175](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (registry code 2072502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GO-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (registry code 17024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 56209
- Airframe hours: 562
- Engines: CONTINENTAL G-0300A 175 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Raymond Birho
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 12, 1983
- Departed: 4B6, TICONDEROGA, NY
- Airport: Ticonderoga, runway 36, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 64 total, 9 in this make and model, 14 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840520034569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840520034569A), May 20, 1984: Cessna 175, Ticonderoga, NY, Substantial damage. Pilot tryed to abort takeoff during touch and go landing. Aircraft went off runway and flipped inverted.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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