- Date
- October 16, 1966
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1772VCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120363
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3729 66/10/16 WHEELING ILL CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 23 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N1772V PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICAGOLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING REMARKS- STUDENT LANDED IN CRAB ATTITUDE AFTER AIRCRAFT BOUNCED FOLLOWING TOUCHDOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1772V
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chicagoland
N1772VRegistration cancelled Oct 30, 2021 · Cessna 120Airframe modelCessna 120Engine modelContinental C85 series
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