- Date
- June 14, 1969
- Place
- Buffalo, MN · BUFFALO, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4280NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174831
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1780 69/6/14 BUFFALO,MINN CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 74 TOTAL TIME - 1900 N4280N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUFFALO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- STRUCK RNWY MARKER. 1 HR DUAL IN CONVENTIONAL GR ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4280N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buffalo
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