- Date
- April 1, 1980
- Place
- Schenectady, NY · SCHENECTADY, NY
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N261TSCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800401013029A
- Case key
- 132005
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0867 80/4/1 SCHENECTADY,NY CESSNA 177 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 71, 1500 TIME - 1402 N261TS PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHENECTADY CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCHENECTADY,NY 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 - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- DOOR OPENED IN FLT.DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM WORKED OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N261TS
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Schenectady Co
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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.
Other investigations on N261TS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.