- Date
- September 18, 1972
- Place
- Buckhannon, WV · BUCKHANNON, WV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76919Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168269
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3575 72/9/18 BUCKHANNON,W VA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 172 TIME - 1415 N76919 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,WVA FT BELVOIR,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76919
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lewis Field
N76919Registration cancelled Jan 29, 2018 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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Other investigations on N76919 · 2
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