- Date
- April 25, 1973
- Place
- Traverse Cty, MI · TRAVERSE CTY, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2137NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730425009939A
- Case key
- 190783
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0931 73/4/25 TRAVERSE CTY,MICH CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 19, 113 TIME - 1700 N2137N PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EMPIRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRAVERSE CTY,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- BOUNCED LDG,UN GOARND DUE LOW AIRSPEED AND RWY REMAINING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2137N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Empire
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.