- Date
- August 25, 1978
- Place
- Elk City, OK · ELK CITY, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N736CGCessna 172XP
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780825025069A
- Case key
- 140195
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2447 78/8/25 ELK CITY,OK CESSNA 172XP CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 156 TIME - 1600 N736CG PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROBERT HEFNER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARDMORE,OK ELK CITY,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 95 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 14 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 17KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736CG
- Reported as
- Cessna 172XP
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Robert Hefner
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.