- Date
- April 19, 1971
- Place
- Connellsville, PA · CONNELLSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5500MAero Comdr 100
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160982
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1320 71/4/19 CONNELLSVILLE,PA AERO COMDR 100 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0915 N5500M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 24, 1217 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 64 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CONNELLSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONNELLSVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5500M
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Connellsville
N5500MRegistration cancelled Jan 26, 1972 · Aero Commander 100-180Airframe modelAero Commander 100-180
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.