- Date
- July 12, 1966
- Place
- Gaithersburg, MD · GAITHERSBURG, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7811ECessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122003
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1959 66/7/12 GAITHERSBURG MD CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 46, 22 TOTAL TIME - 1545 N7811E PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTGOMERY COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE NONE NONE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TEMPERATURE-F LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES 90 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 85 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7811E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Montgomery County
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