- Date
- August 4, 1973
- Place
- Leesburg, VA · LEESBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7225GCessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730804026509A
- Case key
- 189163
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2497 73/8/4 LEESBURG,VA CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 400 TIME - 1930 N7225G PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 151 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GODFREY FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LEESBURG,VA RETURN CHANTILLY,VA 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- STRUCK RWY BOUNCED ACFT PITCHED UP DSCNDD IN APRX LVL FLT HI SINK RATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7225G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Godfrey Field
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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.