- Date
- September 19, 1971
- Place
- Key Largo, FL · KEY LARGO, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7248GCessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164629
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4510 71/9/19 KEY LARGO,FLA CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 78 TOTAL TIME - 1105 N7248G PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT LARGO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MIAMI,FLA KEY LARGO,FLA TAVERNIER,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- NO FLAP LDG ON 1ST FOURTH OF RWY. ACFT RAN OFF END OF RWY INTO OCEAN. NO BRAKE MALFUNCTION FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7248G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Port Largo
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