- Date
- May 26, 1974
- Place
- Columbus, WI · COLUMBUS, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8981Steffens C-II
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740526014589A
- Case key
- 126463
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1398 74/5/26 COLUMBUS,WIS STEFFENS C-II CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 47 TOTAL TIME - 1115 N8981 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MATH-AIRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOUGHTON,WIS COLUMBUS,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT BOUNCED ON L GR,COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8981
- Reported as
- Steffens C-II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Math-Aire
N8981Registration cancelled Oct 24, 2013 · Steffens CHEROKEE IIAirframe modelSteffens CHEROKEE IIEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.