- Date
- August 19, 1978
- Place
- Marth Vineyard, MA · MARTH VINEYARD, MA
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30710Cessna 177B
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780819025739A
- Case key
- 139704
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2694 78/8/19 MARTH VINEYARD,MA CESSNA 177B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 218 TIME - 1500 N30710 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRADE WINDS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWPORT MARTH VINEYARD,MA 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) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30710
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Trade Winds
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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.