- Date
- March 30, 1974
- Place
- Bonner Sprgs, KS · BONNER SPRGS, KS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1242DCessna 170A
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740330008789A
- Case key
- 186405
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0745 74/3/30 BONNER SPRGS,KANS CESSNA 170A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 539 TIME - 1730 N1242D PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SURBURBAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUBUQUE,IOWA BONNER SPRGS,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE REMARKS- ATTN DIVERTED TO SICK PAX.SMALL DITCHES CAUSED BY EROSION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1242D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Surburban
N1242DRegistration cancelled Mar 22, 2013 · Cessna 170AAirframe modelCessna 170AEngine modelContinental C145 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1242D · 1
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