- Date
- July 13, 1968
- Place
- Falls City, NE · FALLS CITY, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8543RBellanca 14-19
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109433
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2294 68/7/13 FALLS CITY,NEBR BELLANCA 14-19 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 4000 TIME - 1130 N8543R PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALLS CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 215 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- RT CROSSWIND 90 DEGREES 20 KNOTS GUSTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8543R
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Falls City
N8543RRegistered now · Bellanca 14-19-3Airframe modelBellanca 14-19-3Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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