- Date
- May 8, 1971
- Place
- Watsonville, CA · WATSONVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29440Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161664
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1533 71/5/8 WATSONVILLE,CALIF CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 137 TIME - 1230 N29440 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATSONVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CALIF WATSONVILLE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- FIREWALL ENG MOUNTS,NOSE GR,PROP DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29440
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watsonville Muni
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