- Date
- December 3, 1970
- Place
- Baytown, TX · BAYTOWN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8556UCessna 172F
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159087
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4323 70/12/3 BAYTOWN,TEX CESSNA 172F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 213 TIME - 1740 N8556U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUMPHREY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VICTORIA TEX BAYTOWN,TEX 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8556U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Humphrey
N8556URegistration cancelled Nov 24, 2014 · Cessna 172FAirframe modelCessna 172FEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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.
Other investigations on N8556U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.