- Date
- January 29, 1970
- Place
- Blue Bell, PA · BLUE BELL, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3155KCessna 421
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144156
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0707 70/1/29 BLUE BELL,PA CESSNA 421 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 10681 TIME - 1945 N3155K PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 603 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHANTILLY,VA BLUE BELL,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- RAN OFF END OF RWY INTO MUD. PUDDLES OF WATER ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3155K
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wings
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Other investigations on N3155K · 1
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