- Date
- October 13, 1972
- Place
- Tehachapi, CA · TEHACHAPI, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4014YCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168904
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3277 72/10/13 TEHACHAPI,CALIF CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 834 TIME - 0745 N4014Y PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 399 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEHACHAPI-KERN CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UPLANDS CALIF TEHACHAPI,CALIF 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4014Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tehachapi-Kern Co
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