- Date
- December 15, 1975
- Place
- Louisville, KY · LOUISVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45Douglas DC-3C
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152035
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0037 75/12/15 LOUISVILLE,KY DOUGLAS DC-3C CR- 0 0 3 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1123 N45 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC 56, 14061 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 7855 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - BOWMAN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSON,TN LOUISVILLE,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY REMARKS- MINIMUM LDG RWY LENGTH 3500FT ON DRY RWY. INSPECTION ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Bowman Field
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