- Date
- August 3, 1980
- Place
- El Dorado, KS · EL DORADO, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N76448Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800803032279A
- Case key
- 129470
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1796 80/8/3 EL DORADO,KS CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 69, 783 TIME - 0655 N76448 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 621 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PATTY FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EMPORIA,KS EL DORADO,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- FERRY FLIGHT FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76448
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Patty Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.