Cessna 172RG N9678B

Summary

On 3 March 1982 at about 16:35 local time, a Cessna 172RG registered N9678B, operated by Goguen's North Eastern Electri, was involved in an accident near Palmer, Massachusetts, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 March 1982 at 16:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Palmer, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Palmer Metro

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172RG

Registration

N9678B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Goguen's North Eastern Electri

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Palmer → Westerly

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC82DA042

Nobody was injured.

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 INITIATED A TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 04. HE REPORTED THE WIND WAS FROM 300 TO 330 DEGREES AT 10 GUSTING 25 KTS. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, A BUMP IN THE RUNWAY WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT A GUST OF WIND FROM THE LEFT PICKED UP THE LEFT WING AS THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, THEN PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RUNWAY THROUGH A SNOWBANK. THE PLANE CONTINUED FLIGHT STRIKING SEVERAL SMALL TREES, THEN SETTLED TO THE GROUND. THE BUMP IN THE RUNWAY WAS DESCRIBED AS A FROST HEAVE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.