- Date
- August 9, 1981
- Place
- Oxford, IA · OXFORD, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20029Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810809048439A
- Case key
- 125062
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1717 81/8/9 OXFORD,IA CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 106 TIME - 1400 N20029 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREEN CASTLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OXFORD,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 80 330 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20029
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Green Castle
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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.