- Date
- August 21, 1971
- Place
- Pontiac, MI · PONTIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76130Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163159
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3117 71/8/21 PONTIAC,MICH CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 127 TIME - 1839 N76130 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 112 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND-PONTIAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONTIAC,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- CK PLT COULD NOT HELP COPLT REGAIN DRCTNL CTL DUE TO HIS SEAT BEING TOO FAR BACK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76130
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oakland-Pontiac
N76130Registration cancelled Mar 18, 2004 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C90 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.