- Date
- July 22, 1967
- Place
- Petaluma, CA · PETALUMA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2718LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115628
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2518 67/7/22 PETALUMA,CALIF CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 150 TIME - 0925 N2718L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PETALUMA SKY RANC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2718L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Petaluma Sky Ranc
N2718LRegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2012 · Cessna 172HAirframe modelCessna 172HEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N2718L · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX94LA039Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHalf Moon Bay, CAImproper planning/decision by the pilot of the second stearman, and his selection of the wrong runway on which to land. A factor related to the accident was: failure of the stearman pilots to obtain pertinent NOTAM information.NTSB OAK68D0136Accident · No injuriesClosedConcord, CA