- Date
- September 14, 1974
- Place
- Bessemer, AL · BESSEMER, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6147CCallair A-4
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740914035839A
- Case key
- 138832
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3281 74/9/14 BESSEMER,ALA CALLAIR A-4 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 259 TIME - 1700 N6147C PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BESSEMER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JASPER,ALA BESSEMER,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT HAD NOT FLOWN THIS TYPE ACFT PRIOR THIS FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6147C
- Reported as
- Callair A-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bessemer
N6147CRegistration cancelled May 20, 2015 · Callair A-4Airframe modelCallair A-4Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.