- Date
- March 8, 1970
- Place
- Wellsboro, PA · WELLSBORO, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5438TCessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136199
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0924 70/3/8 WELLSBORO,PA CESSNA 172E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 133 TIME - 1615 N5438T PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRND CANYON STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIAMSPORT,PA WELLSBORO,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- SUDDEN RETRACTION OF FLAPS CAUSED ACFT TO SETTLE TO SURFACE IN SNOW COVERED AREA OFF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5438T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grnd Canyon State
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