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| Date: | Wednesday 8 January 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 172H |
| Owner/operator: | Harrisburg Aviation |
| Registration: | N8198L |
| MSN: | 17256398 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Plainville, CT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| 4B8 | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
OVERSHOOT, COLLIDED WITH SNOWBANK.
MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED, SNOW ON RUNWAY, UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS.
LT CROSS WIND 10K, GUSTS TO 20K. PLT HAD ABORTED TWO PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO LAND.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 June 1992 | N8198L | Private | 0 | Huntsville, AL | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2023 16:55 | makrawiec718 | Added |
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