MIA75DKJ39

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 182 · Muscle Shoals, AL · November 27, 1974

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
November 27, 1974
Place
Muscle Shoals, AL · MUSCLE SHOALS, AL
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N71420Cessna 182
Status
Completed · report March 4, 1975
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19741127043239A
Case key
144905

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4235  74/11/27   MUSCLE SHOALS,ALA   CESSNA 182          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 24,
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N71420              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSCLE SHOALS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
        REMARKS- PLT RETURNED ACFT WITH SUBSTANTIAL DMG.UN CTCT PLT FOR FURTHER INFO.INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.

Aircraft

Registration
N71420
Reported as
Cessna 182
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Muscle Shoals

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FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.