- Date
- August 29, 1979
- Place
- Erie, PA · ERIE, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7746ACessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790829020929A
- Case key
- 134729
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2173 79/8/29 ERIE,PA CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 527 TIME - 1930 N7746A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE ERIE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ERIE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- ACFT HIT GROUND SWELL IN LAKE ERIE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7746A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Erie
N7746ARegistration cancelled Nov 18, 2014 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 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.