- Date
- July 22, 1970
- Place
- Danbury, CT · DANBURY, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3218TCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113834
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2639 70/7/22 DANBURY,CONN CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 66, 1530 TIME - 1300 N3218T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANBURY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DANBURY,CONN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING REMARKS- DRG SECOND LNDG ATTEMPT,AFT FUSELAGE HIT RWY FOLLOWED BY HARD NOSE GR IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3218T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Danbury
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