- Date
- December 28, 1978
- Place
- Ottawa, IL · OTTAWA, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9120Schuster WAS2
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781228043799A
- Case key
- 138480
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4023 78/12/28 OTTAWA,IL SCHUSTER WAS2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 573 TIME - 0845 N9120 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OTTAWA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINCOLN,IL OTTAWA,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9120
- Reported as
- Schuster WAS2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ottawa
N9120Registered now · Schuster John R WOODY PUSHERAirframe modelSchuster John R WOODY PUSHEREngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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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.