- Date
- July 30, 1973
- Place
- Fort Eustis, VA · FORT EUSTIS, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4208ACessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730730027829A
- Case key
- 189164
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2498 73/7/30 FORT EUSTIS,VA CESSNA 172E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 74 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N4208A PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FELKER ARMY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT EUSTIS,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- HIT GND HARD DMGD NOSE GR AND FIREWALL SECTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4208A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Felker Army
N4208ARegistration cancelled Nov 7, 2012 · Cessna 172EAirframe modelCessna 172EEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
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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.
Other investigations on N4208A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.