- Date
- March 28, 1971
- Place
- Jonesboro, AR · JONESBORO, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5542CCessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160414
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1143 71/3/28 JONESBORO,ARK CESSNA 170 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1330 N5542C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JONESBORO MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JONESBORO,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SMOKE IN COCKPIT REMARKS- PLT NOTED SMOKE AFTER L/O,ABORTED,PUSHED NOSE DWN ACFT BOUNCED.ELECT SHORT FOUND IN GEN CIRCUIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5542C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jonesboro Mun
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