Cessna 172 N5261D
1 April 1984 · Reedsville, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 April 1984 at about 18:05 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N5261D was involved in an accident near Reedsville, Pennsylvania, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:05
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Reedsville, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Mifflin Co.
- Coordinates
- 40.6802, -77.6294
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Registration
- N5261D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC84LA123
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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 PLT REPORTED THAT AT ABOUT THE TIME HE APPLIED POWER TO TAKEOFF, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. HE STATED THAT HIS EFFORTS TO RETURN THE ACFT TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE RWY DID NOT WORK. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WENT THRU A SNOWBANK BESIDE THE RWY, THEN ENTERED SOFT TERRAIN & NOSED 0VER. HE REPORTED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM 310 AT 10 GUSTING 20 KTS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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All 12,209 records for this type
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