- Date
- May 15, 1968
- Place
- Alpine, WY · ALPINE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5686BCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110881
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1237 68/5/15 ALPINE,WYO CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1510 TIME - 0930 N5686B PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1432 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING SADDLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- PLT MISTOOK PLOWED AREA ON PRIVATE AIRSTRIP FOR RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5686B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying Saddle
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