- Date
- August 15, 1969
- Place
- West Mifflin, PA · WEST MIFFLIN, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30173Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162376
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3489 69/8/15 WEST MIFFLIN,PA CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 91 TOTAL TIME - 1045 N30173 PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEGHENY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS,OHIO WEST MIFFLIN,PA 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD TO T/D IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30173
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allegheny County
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