- Date
- August 28, 1973
- Place
- Ocean Isle, NC · OCEAN ISLE, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39909Bellanca 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730828034189A
- Case key
- 188855
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3385 73/8/28 OCEAN ISLE,NC BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 400 TIME - 1745 N39909 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEAN ISLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCEAN ISLE,NC LOCAL 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- STALLED OUT 10 TO 12 FT IN AIR LNDD HARD ENOUGH TO SPRING GR CONTROL LOST DMGD L GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39909
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ocean Isle
N39909Registered now · Bellanca 17-31AAirframe modelBellanca 17-31AEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.