- Date
- December 1, 1973
- Place
- Chester, CT · CHESTER, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18130Cessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731201038729A
- Case key
- 187620
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3648 73/12/1 CHESTER,CONN CESSNA 150L CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1520 N18130 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 30, 1280 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 690 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHESTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESTER,CONN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- VARIABLE NORTHWEST WIND AT 12 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS.PRESOLO STUDENT PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18130
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chester
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.