- Date
- July 15, 1978
- Place
- Santa Maria, CA · SANTA MARIA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N739FBCessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780715017509A
- Case key
- 141317
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1614 78/7/15 SANTA MARIA,CA CESSNA 172N CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 101 TIME - 1215 N739FB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA MARIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CA SANTA MARIA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739FB
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Maria
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.