- Date
- September 16, 1972
- Place
- Albany, NY · ALBANY, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7980LBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168302
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3471 72/9/16 ALBANY,NY BEECH A23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 31 TOTAL TIME - 0910 N7980L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBANY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORRISTOWN,NJ ALBANY,NY 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
- N7980L
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Albany County
N7980LRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Beech A23-19Airframe modelBeech A23-19Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N7980L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.