- Date
- April 9, 1971
- Place
- Hartford, CT · HARTFORD, CT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78638Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161045
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1214 71/4/9 HARTFORD,CONN CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 81 TOTAL TIME - 1000 N78638 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRAINARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARTFORD,CONN NEWPORT,RI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING REMARKS- FIREWALL AND PROP DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78638
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brainard
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