- Date
- May 20, 1965
- Place
- Smyrna, DE · SMYRNA, DE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8720MBeechcraft B-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177828
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1149 65/5/20 SMYRNA DEL BEECHCRAFT B-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1650 N8720M PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 41, 2740 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 601 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMYRNA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8720M
- Reported as
- Beechcraft B-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Smyrna
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