- Date
- January 28, 1967
- Place
- Greencastle, IN · GREENCASTLE, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8397ZCessna 205
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118713
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0256 67/1/28 GREENCASTLE,IND CESSNA 205 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 260 TIME - 1725 N8397Z PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENCASTLE MUNI. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- PILOT LANDED ADJACENT TO ACTUAL RUNWAY.NOSEWHEEL SANK INTO SOFT GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8397Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greencastle Muni.
N8397ZRegistered now · Cessna 210-5(205)Airframe modelCessna 210-5(205)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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