- Date
- September 23, 1976
- Place
- Patterson, LA · PATTERSON, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70279Cessna A185F
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760923031549A
- Case key
- 155677
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3105 76/9/23 PATTERSON,LA CESSNA A185F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1611 N70279 PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS AGE 63, 20000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1136 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PATTERSON,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70279
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N70279 · 2
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