- Date
- December 7, 1980
- Place
- Tangier Island, VA · TANGIER ISLAND, VA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5456KCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801207070929A
- Case key
- 127458
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3523 80/12/7 TANGIER ISLAND,VA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 357 TIME - 1030 N5456K PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 225 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TANGIER ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWPORT NEWS,VA TANGIER ISLAND,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5456K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tangier Island
N5456KRegistration cancelled May 23, 2007 · Cessna 172PAirframe modelCessna 172PEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5456K · 1
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