- Date
- May 12, 1974
- Place
- Charlestown, WV · CHARLESTOWN, WV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78600Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740512014419A
- Case key
- 124200
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1396 74/5/12 CHARLESTOWN,W VA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 47, 360 TIME - 1630 N78600 PX- 0 0 1 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 83 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANAWHA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTOWN,W VA BECKEY,W 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK RWY IN A NOSE DWN ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78600
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kanawha
N78600Registration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Cessna 172KAirframe modelCessna 172KEngine modelLycoming 0-320 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.