- Date
- August 4, 1968
- Place
- Aurora, CO · AURORA, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3918UCessna 150E
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108973
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2922 68/8/4 AURORA,COLO CESSNA 150E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 70 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N3918U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 69 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PASSENGER REMARKS- ACFT PORPOISED. LANDED TOO FAST FROM SHORT FINAL APPROACH. PAX WAS ILL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3918U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Ranch
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Other investigations on N3918U · 1
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