- Date
- April 17, 1974
- Place
- Harwinton, CT · HARWINTON, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76131Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740417008909A
- Case key
- 124327
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1219 74/4/17 HARWINTON,CONN CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 58, 89 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N76131 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNNYCAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLAREMONT,NH HARWINTON,CONN 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- WIND GUSTNG 20K. ACFT HIT ROCKY TERRAIN,BRUSH AND TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76131
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Johnnycake
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.