- Date
- August 3, 1969
- Place
- Port Austin, MI · PORT AUSTIN, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6679KRepublic RC-3
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162095
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3461 69/8/3 PORT AUSTIN,MICH REPUBLIC RC-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 1200 TIME - 1330 N6679K PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAY CITY,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- HULL EQUIPPED,ACFT SKIPPED AFTER INITIAL T/D L FLOAT STRUCK ROLLER,PLT LOST CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6679K
- Reported as
- Republic RC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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