- Date
- July 24, 1970
- Place
- Sterling, CO · STERLING, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N579MACessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110018
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3136 70/7/24 STERLING,COLO CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 20 TOTAL TIME - 1825 N579MA PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STERLING-CROSSEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STERLING,COLO LOCAL 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 LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- BALLOONED. HIT NOSE GR FIRST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N579MA
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sterling-Crossen
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Other investigations on N579MA · 2
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