- Date
- October 5, 1981
- Place
- Pottsville, PA · POTTSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6385GCessna 150K
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811005065609A
- Case key
- 123671
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2013 81/10/5 POTTSVILLE,PA CESSNA 150K CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 48 TOTAL TIME - 1515 N6385G PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ZERBY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTIC CITY,NJ POTTSVILLE,PA 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) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 4500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 75 315 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- NOSE GEAR FAILED DRG BOUNCED LNDG,WENT ARND.UNAWARE OF GEAR FAILURE TIL NEXT LNDG.WND GSTG 14KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6385G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Zerby
FAA reports on this event · 1
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