- Date
- November 9, 1979
- Place
- Richmond, VA · RICHMOND, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N31FLCessna T-41
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791109031949A
- Case key
- 133259
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3447 79/11/9 RICHMOND,VA CESSNA T-41 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 306 TIME - 1930 N31FL PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BYRD INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PETERSBURG,VA RICHMOND,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- PLT LANDED AT HIGHER THAN NORMAL AIRSPEED DUE TO ENG ROUGH IDLE DRG PREFLIGHT RUNUP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31FL
- Reported as
- Cessna T-41
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Byrd Intl
N31FLRegistration cancelled May 21, 2019 · Cessna R172EAirframe modelCessna R172EEngine modelContinental IO-360 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.