- Date
- May 26, 1965
- Place
- Zelienople, PA · ZELIENOPLE, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N508DCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177903
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1326 65/5/26 ZELIENOPLE PA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2200 N508D PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 50, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 25 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TASA 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 WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 60 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 40 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 40 KNOTS-NIGHT LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N508D
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tasa
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.