- Date
- April 25, 1965
- Place
- Fairfield, NJ · FAIRFIELD, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N111CMooney M-18L
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179104
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0740 65/4/25 FAIRFIELD NJ MOONEY M-18L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 245 TIME - 1540 N111C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALDWELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111C
- Reported as
- Mooney M-18L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Caldwell
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