- Date
- April 9, 1968
- Place
- Modesto, CA · MODESTO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3270TCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111315
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0974 68/4/9 MODESTO,CALIF CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 97 TOTAL TIME - 2000 N3270T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MODESTO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- MADE GO-AROUND,LANDED W/NO FURTHER DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3270T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Modesto
N3270TRegistration cancelled Feb 25, 2005 · Cessna 177Airframe modelCessna 177Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N3270T · 2
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