- Date
- August 7, 1979
- Place
- Sandusky, OH · SANDUSKY, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30409Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790807021379A
- Case key
- 134006
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2280 79/8/7 SANDUSKY,OH CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 164 TIME - 0826 N30409 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRIFFING SANDUSKY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANSING,MI SANDUSKY,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30409
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Griffing Sandusky
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N30409 · 1
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