- Date
- June 4, 1970
- Place
- Laporte, TX · LAPORTE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3298Bowers FLY BY
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 123862
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2373 70/6/4 LAPORTE,TEX BOWERS FLY BY CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 34, TIME - 0545 N3298 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 44 TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAPORTE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAPORTE,TEX 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3298
- Reported as
- Bowers FLY BY
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Laporte
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