- Date
- October 2, 1976
- Place
- Century, FL · CENTURY, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6840ECessna 175
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761002035069A
- Case key
- 156138
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4046 76/10/2 CENTURY,FL CESSNA 175 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 366 TIME - 1000 N6840E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 64 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUFF SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATMORE,AL CENTURY,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- GRASS RECENTLY CUT.UNABLE TO STOP.GROUNDLOOPED AT EAST END OF 2500FT STRIP TO AVOID TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6840E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bluff Springs
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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.
Other investigations on N6840E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.