- Date
- April 26, 1974
- Place
- Jeffrey City, WY · JEFFREY CITY, WY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5962MCessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740426010099A
- Case key
- 124375
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1140 74/4/26 JEFFREY CITY,WYO CESSNA 421B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0930 N5962M PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC 33, 6300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPLIT ROCK MILLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HELENA,MONT JEFFREY CITY,WYO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER INSPECTION OF FACILITIES AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PVT STRIP USE AT OWN RISK.PLT PREV CALLED,WAS TOLD RWY OK.ACFT HIT SOFT AREA FROM RECENT SNOWS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5962M
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Split Rock Mills
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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.