- Date
- April 14, 1980
- Place
- Georgetown, CA · GEORGETOWN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N99763Tailwind Kecske
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800414009629A
- Case key
- 131065
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0295 80/4/14 GEORGETOWN,CA TAILWIND KECSKE CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 244 TIME - 1400 N99763 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEORGETOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CA GEORGETOWN,CA 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
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99763
- Reported as
- Tailwind Kecske
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Georgetown
N99763Registration cancelled Jan 19, 1990 · Kecskes WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8Airframe modelKecskes WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8
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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.