- Date
- May 8, 1966
- Place
- Montgomery, PA · MONTGOMERY, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3417CCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172165
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1015 66/5/8 MONTGOMERY PA CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 27 TOTAL TIME - 1330 N3417C PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HACKENBURG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3417C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hackenburg
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Other investigations on N3417C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC97LA063Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAnchorage, AKthe flight instructor's inadequate preflight by failing to ensure his seat was properly latched, and his resultant failure (or inability) to recover from the student pilot's bounced landing. A factor associated with the accident was: the student pilot's…NTSB NYC74FGT21Accident · No injuriesClosedHanover, PA