- Date
- November 17, 1973
- Place
- Lantana, FL · LANTANA, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N215Camair 480
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731117040709A
- Case key
- 187832
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3871 73/11/17 LANTANA,FLA CAMAIR 480 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 35, TIME - 1530 N215 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 8200 TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM BEACH CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANTANA,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: PITOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD FLYING SLO NOSE HI.T/D IN GRASS AREA BFR RWY.PITOT OPENING 3/4 CLOSED DIRT,DOBBER MUD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N215
- Reported as
- Camair 480
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palm Beach Co
N215Registration cancelled May 25, 2011 · Camair 480Airframe modelCamair 480Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.