- Date
- April 8, 1968
- Place
- Detroit, MI · DETROIT, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2780QCessna 182K
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111223
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0883 68/4/8 DETROIT,MICH CESSNA 182K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 164 TIME - 1720 N2780Q PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DETROIT CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING DUST HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 63 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 23 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- 20 DEG RT X-WIND 23K GUSTING TO 40K. TOWER REPEATEDLY WARNED PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2780Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Detroit City
N2780QRegistration cancelled Jan 3, 2023 · Cessna 182KAirframe modelCessna 182KEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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