- Date
- May 31, 1971
- Place
- Charltte Amlie, VI · CHARLTTE AMLIE, VI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N169ECessna 185A
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161905
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2123 71/5/31 CHARLTTE AMLIE,VI CESSNA 185A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 810 TIME - 1035 N169E PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST THOMAS INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VIRGIN GORDA,BVI CHARLOTTE AMALIE,VI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD,LDG IN HARBOR.WAVES APRX 1-1/2FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N169E
- Reported as
- Cessna 185A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St Thomas Intl
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