- Date
- March 8, 1970
- Place
- Gordonsville, VA · GORDONSVILLE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8342BCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137142
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1092 70/3/8 GORDONSVILLE,VA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 73 TOTAL TIME - 1200 N8342B PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GORDONSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GORDONSVILLE,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GUST LOCKS ENGAGED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- TOOK OFF W/CTL LOCK ON L WING,MADE 360 DEG TURN TO RIGHT,CRASH LANDED ON ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8342B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gordonsville
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