- Date
- June 23, 1973
- Place
- Canton, OK · CANTON, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7518TCessna 172A
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730623018839A
- Case key
- 173526
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1656 73/6/23 CANTON,OKLA CESSNA 172A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 550 TIME - 1200 N7518T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CANTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WOODWARD,OKLA CANTON,OKLA 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 - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT ENCOUNTERED WIND GUSTS DURING FINAL APPCH.WIND GUSTING 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7518T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Canton
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.