- Date
- July 9, 1972
- Place
- Columbia, SC · COLUMBIA, SC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N563NCurtis-Wrt 4C-1A
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117904
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4125 72/7/9 COLUMBIA,SC CURTIS-WRT 4C-1A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 3750 TIME - 1240 N563N PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA METRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESTER,SC COLUMBIA,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED REMARKS- REQD BY TWR TO EXPEDITE LDG.HIT RWY SIGN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N563N
- Reported as
- Curtis-Wrt 4C-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Columbia Metro
N563NRegistered now · Curtiss-Robertson 4C-1AAirframe modelCurtiss-Robertson 4C-1AEngine modelContinental W670 series
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