- Date
- June 8, 1969
- Place
- Montauk, NY · MONTAUK, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3985LCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175419
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1846 69/6/8 MONTAUK,NY CESSNA 172G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 453 TIME - 1100 N3985L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY PORTEL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE TERRAIN - SANDY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3985L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Portel
N3985LRegistration cancelled Nov 14, 2012 · Cessna 172GAirframe modelCessna 172GEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N3985L · 1
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