- Date
- May 6, 1979
- Place
- Painesville, OH · PAINESVILLE, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5278NN American SNJ-4
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790506008529A
- Case key
- 136119
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0892 79/5/6 PAINESVILLE,OH N AMERICAN SNJ-4 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 568 TIME - 1730 N5278N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASEMENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PAINESVILLE,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5278N
- Reported as
- N American SNJ-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Casement
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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.