- Date
- November 8, 1980
- Place
- Pasadena, MD · PASADENA, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29429Aeronca 65L
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801108063359A
- Case key
- 128358
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2862 80/11/8 NR.PASADENA,MD AERONCA 65L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 31, TIME - 1220 N29429 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 18 TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHMIDT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PASADENA,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 70 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- WIND GUSTS 21 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29429
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Schmidt
N29429Registration cancelled Apr 15, 2013 · Aeronca 65-LBAirframe modelAeronca 65-LBEngine modelLycoming 0-145B series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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