- Date
- July 29, 1967
- Place
- Roanoke, VA · ROANOKE, VA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3972ANavion C
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115045
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2608 67/7/29 ROANOKE,VA NAVION C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 117 TIME - 1806 N3972A PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODRUM,ROANOKE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- R.LDG GR SEPARATED LDG COVINGTON,VA.PLT MADE GO AROUND AND INTENTIONAL GR-UP LDG AT ROANOKE,VA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3972A
- Reported as
- Navion C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Woodrum,Roanoke
N3972ARegistration cancelled Jul 13, 1970 · North American NAVION L-17CAirframe modelNorth American NAVION L-17C
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.