- Date
- February 20, 1965
- Place
- Rancho Mirage, CA · RANCHO MIRAGE, CA
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5155UCessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178563
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1784 65/2/20 RANCHO MIRAGE CAL CESSNA 206 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 850 TIME - 1330 N5155U PX- 0 0 6 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM DESERT 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
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5155U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palm Desert
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