- Date
- July 7, 1970
- Place
- Ravena, NY · RAVENA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4721GSkyhopper 2
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109322
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3072 70/7/7 RAVENA,NY SKYHOPPER 2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 276 TIME - 0700 N4721G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 221 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DELPS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RAVENA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4721G
- Reported as
- Skyhopper 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Delps
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