- Date
- August 7, 1966
- Place
- Porterville, CA · PORTERVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9978ACessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122167
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2127 66/8/7 PORTERVILLE CALIF CESSNA 170 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 47, 32 TOTAL TIME - 1000 N9978A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTERVILLE MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9978A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Porterville Muni
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