- Date
- May 9, 1970
- Place
- Dnosaur Cty, AZ · DNOSAUR CTY, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72299Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121983
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2024 70/5/9 DNOSAUR CTY,ARIZ CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 36 TOTAL TIME - 0940 N72299 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND CANYON CAVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KINGMAN,ARIZ DINOSAUR CITY,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- GUSTING TO 18K. BOUNCED ON LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72299
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Canyon Cave
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Other investigations on N72299 · 1
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