- Date
- March 6, 1968
- Place
- Windsor Lock, CT · WINDSOR LOCK, CT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2980XCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111439
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0723 68/3/6 WINDSOR LOCK,CONN CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 121 TIME - 2016 N2980X PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRADLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUCTIONS-MISINTERPRETED REMARKS- T/O ABORT AFTER AIRBORNE TO AVOID BEECH THAT FLEW IMPROPER LNDG PATTERN.BEECH PLT MISUNDERSTD TWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2980X
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bradley
N2980XRegistration cancelled Sep 29, 2009 · Cessna 177Airframe modelCessna 177Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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