- Date
- August 7, 1971
- Place
- Kingston, NY · KINGSTON, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78436Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162882
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2943 71/8/7 KINGSTON,NY CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 140 TIME - 0945 N78436 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KINGSTON-ULSTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KINGSTON,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND REMARKS- PLT MADE HIGH,FAST APCH,LNDD HARD,BOUNCED TWICE,MADE GOARND,LNDD.DMG TO NS GR,PROP,FIREWALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78436
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kingston-Ulster
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