- Date
- August 15, 1980
- Place
- Bloomington, IL · BLOOMINGTON, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N53517Cessna 337G
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800815041039A
- Case key
- 129202
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2605 80/8/15 BLOOMINGTON,IL CESSNA 337G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 335 TIME - 2145 N53517 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 96 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOOMINGTON NORML DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MACOMB,IL BLOOMINGTON,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE REMARKS- LNDD SHORT OF RWY WHILE MANUALLY LWRG GEAR.BATTERY FND DISCHARGED.ALTERNATOR CHECKED NORMAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53517
- Reported as
- Cessna 337G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bloomington Norml
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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.