- Date
- August 15, 1979
- Place
- Mammoth Lakes, CA · MAMMOTH LAKES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N739ZECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790815030459A
- Case key
- 133870
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3766 79/8/15 MAMMOTH LAKES,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 10 TOTAL TIME - 0810 N739ZE PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAMMOTH LAKES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAMMOTH LAKES,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING REMARKS- FIRST SOLO FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739ZE
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mammoth Lakes
N739ZERegistration cancelled Feb 6, 2017 · Cessna 172NAirframe modelCessna 172NEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N739ZE · 1
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