- Date
- October 7, 1971
- Place
- Valentine, NE · VALENTINE, NE
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1988CCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164341
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3855 71/10/7 VALENTINE,NEBR CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 46, 139 TIME - 0845 N1988C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 97 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRITT RESERVOIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREELEY,NEBR VALENTINE,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING REMARKS- ACFT LEFT RWY,HIT FARM DISC IN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1988C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merritt Reservoir
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