- Date
- March 20, 1971
- Place
- Hill City, KS · HILL CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3116TCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160594
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0999 71/3/20 HILL CITY,KANS CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 675 TIME - 2020 N3116T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 342 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILL CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCOTTSBLUFF,NEBR TULSA,OKLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- HIT DITCH PAST END OF RWY. LNDD RWY 19,WIND 320 DEG 10K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3116T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hill City