- Date
- January 21, 1972
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL · LAKE WALES, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4052XAero-Comdr 100
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165212
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0333 72/1/21 LAKE WALES,FLA AERO-COMDR 100 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 430 TIME - 1440 N4052X PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHALET SUZANNE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FLA LAKE WALES,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- PLT UNAWARE OF NOTAM DID NOT REQUEST RWY BARRIER BE LOWERED.1800FT RWY AVBL FOR LDG W BARRIER UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4052X
- Reported as
- Aero-Comdr 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chalet Suzanne
N4052XRegistration cancelled Aug 7, 1991 · Aero Commander 100-180Airframe modelAero Commander 100-180
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.