- Date
- July 4, 1978
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N182DJCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780704017229A
- Case key
- 141313
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1607 78/7/4 AVALON,CA CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 115 TIME - 1100 N182DJ PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CATALINA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL TORO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING REMARKS- FIREWALL DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N182DJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Catalina
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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.