- Date
- December 9, 1976
- Place
- Hickory, NC · HICKORY, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N42116Cessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761209038029A
- Case key
- 156686
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3811 76/12/9 HICKORY,NC CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 2736 TIME - 1630 N42116 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HICKORY MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHMOND,VA HICKORY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42116
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hickory Municipal
N42116Registration cancelled Oct 28, 2009 · Cessna 182LAirframe modelCessna 182LEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N42116 · 1
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