- Date
- February 11, 1968
- Place
- Las Cruces, NM · LAS CRUCES, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2287YCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111808
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0305 68/2/11 LAS CRUCES,N MEX CESSNA 177 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 116 TIME - 1620 N2287Y PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - UNIVERSITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- PLT WAS TURNING FROM BASE LEG TO FINAL APPROACH. BASE LEG FLOWN TOO CLOSE IN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2287Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- University