- Date
- April 12, 1969
- Place
- Leonia, FL · LEONIA, FL
- Injuries
- 5 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3167TCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185308
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2495 69/4/12 LEONIA,FLA CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 91 TOTAL TIME - 1100 N3167T PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DESTIN,FLA GENEVA,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- ENG SLTLY RUF,FAMILIAR LDG SITE 5MI S DEST ARPT. HI GRASS COVERED FLD,DNSLP WITH TREES AT END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3167T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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