- Date
- March 1, 1969
- Place
- Kutztown, PA · KUTZTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6781TCessna 310D
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190839
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0464 69/3/1 KUTZTOWN,PA CESSNA 310D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 448 TIME - 1500 N6781T PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 316 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KUTZTOWN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PERMANENT DEFORMATION OF THE WING STRUCTURE.WIND 20K GUSTING 28K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6781T
- Reported as
- Cessna 310D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kutztown
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