- Date
- July 11, 1979
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA · PALO ALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7399GCessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790711014819A
- Case key
- 135302
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2009 79/7/11 PALO ALTO,CA CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1000 N7399G PX- 0 0 2 DUAL 47, 9000 TOTAL HOURS, 365 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALO ALTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALO ALTO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- COLLIDED W TAXIWAY SIGN & LGTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7399G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palo Alto
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.