- Date
- January 28, 1973
- Place
- Waukesha, WI · WAUKESHA, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70938Cessna 182M
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730128001739A
- Case key
- 169932
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0402 73/1/28 WAUKESHA,WIS CESSNA 182M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 98 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N70938 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAUKESHA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAUKESHA,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 17 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FUSELAGE AND FIREWALL.DMGD.WIND GUSTING 23K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70938
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waukesha County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.