- Date
- July 9, 1981
- Place
- Franklin, WI · FRANKLIN, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9896QCessna 172A
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810709041369A
- Case key
- 124895
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1495 81/7/9 FRANKLIN,WI CESSNA 172A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 316 TIME - 1610 N9896Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 297 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAINBOW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAUSAU,WI MILWAUKEE,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- ALTERNATOR C/B TERMINAL & FIELD C/B TERMINAL HAD LOOSE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9896Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rainbow
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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.