Plane Crash List

Cessna 172N N4662G

12 September 1982 · Spring Valley, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 12 September 1982 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N4662G, operated by LEN Gardner, was involved in an accident near Spring Valley, New York, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 17:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Spring Valley, New York, United States
Nearest airport
Ramapo Valley (N24)
Coordinates
41.1210, -74.0494
Aircraft
Cessna 172N
Registration
N4662G
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
LEN Gardner
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Farmingdale → Corvallis
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC82DA221

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LANDED TOO FAR DOWN THE RUNWAY AT A SPEED OF 75 KTS. REPORTEDLY, THERE WAS A HUMP IN THE RUNWAY WHICH OBSTRUCTED HIS VIEW OF THE END. SUBSEQUENTLY, HE DECIDED THAT IT WAS TOO LATE TO ABORT THE LANDING; HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF THE DEPARTURE END AND NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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