- Date
- September 1, 1971
- Place
- Ogallala, NE · OGALLALA, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4617NGrumman G-44
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164140
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4111 71/9/1 OGALLALA,NEBR GRUMMAN G-44 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 71, 1172 TIME - 0945 N4617N PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 228 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE MCCONAUGHY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OGALLALA,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- R WING FLOAT SEPD,ACFT CAPSIZED.NO WATER LDGS DRG LAST 2 YEARS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4617N
- Reported as
- Grumman G-44
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Mcconaughy
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.