- Date
- July 18, 1973
- Place
- Alplause, NY · ALPLAUSE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7664ACessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730718021549A
- Case key
- 189697
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1757 73/7/18 ALPLAUSE,NY CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 13351 TIME - 1745 N7664A PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WELLS SEAPLANE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,ME ALPLAUSE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- PLT LNDD INTO SUN ON GLASSY WATER.ACFT HIT ON L FLOAT BOUNCED AND DOVE BACK INTO THE WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7664A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wells Seaplane
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.