- Date
- January 27, 1979
- Place
- Yuma, AZ · YUMA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N517CACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790127005619A
- Case key
- 137573
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0650 79/1/27 YUMA,AZ CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 1166 TIME - 1320 N517CA PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 472 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ABANDONED STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FISHERS LANDING,AZ. YUMA,AZ 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N517CA
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Abandoned Strip
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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.