- Date
- September 13, 1979
- Place
- Galesburg, IL · GALESBURG, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68988Cessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790913026369A
- Case key
- 133937
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2242 79/9/13 GALESBURG,IL CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 46 TOTAL TIME - 1635 N68988 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GALESBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GALESBURG,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68988
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Galesburg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.