- Date
- January 20, 1968
- Place
- Charleston, WV · CHARLESTON, WV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7938ECessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114976
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0204 68/1/20 CHARLESTON,W VA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 835 TIME - 0757 N7938E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 831 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANAWHA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- PLT LANDED 100 FT LEFT AND PARALLEL TO RNWY,IN DEEP SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7938E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kanawha
N7938ERegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Cessna 150Airframe modelCessna 150Engine modelContinental 0-200 series
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