- Date
- April 5, 1975
- Place
- Simsbury, CT · SIMSBURY, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6503FCessna A150L
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750405005529A
- Case key
- 147886
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0400 75/4/5 SIMSBURY,CT CESSNA A150L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 88 TOTAL TIME - 0828 N6503F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 77 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIMSBURY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIMSBURY,CT LOCAL 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 29 320 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6503F
- Reported as
- Cessna A150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Simsbury
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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.