- Date
- December 29, 1972
- Place
- Bedford, PA · BEDFORD, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4101QCessna 310N
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168872
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3457 72/12/29 BEDFORD,PA CESSNA 310N CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1212 N4101Q PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 58, 25475 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 2945 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEDFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALTOONA,PA BEDFORD,PA 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) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 110 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4101Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bedford