- Date
- September 2, 1974
- Place
- Post Mills, VT · POST MILLS, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N417ASmith Mini
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740902029789A
- Case key
- 136928
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2656 74/9/2 POST MILLS,VT SMITH MINI CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 149 TIME - 1200 N417A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POST MILLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POST MILLS,VT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ABORTED LDG AFTER DMG TO LDG GR.ON 2ND ATMT,BROKEN GR DUG IN,ACFT NOSED OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N417A
- Reported as
- Smith Mini
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Post Mills
N417ARegistration cancelled Jun 12, 2013 · Anderson SMITH MINIAirframe modelAnderson SMITH MINIEngine modelContinental C85 series
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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.