- Date
- July 20, 1974
- Place
- Bristol, PA · BRISTOL, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20235Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740720031669A
- Case key
- 132567
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3732 74/7/20 BRISTOL,PA CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 80 TOTAL TIME - 0825 N20235 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - 3M DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCHESTER,NH BRISTOL,PA 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) 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 RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 20 18 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- STALLED AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING FLARE IN GUSTY CROSS WINDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20235
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- 3m
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.