- Date
- March 26, 1973
- Place
- Ocala, FL · OCALA, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9417BCessna 175
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730326013769A
- Case key
- 173600
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1463 73/3/26 OCALA,FLA CESSNA 175 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 285 TIME - 1215 N9417B PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCALA MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT MYERS,FLA OCALA,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 73 250 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 16 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- LWR THAN NML APCH ENCTRD DWNDFT T/D ABT 100 YARDS SHORT OF RWY.WHEELS DUG IN SOFT GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9417B
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ocala Municipal
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9417B · 1
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