- Date
- May 15, 1972
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA · SANTA ROSA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6179CGrumman F7F
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166205
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1658 72/5/15 SANTA ROSA,CALIF GRUMMAN F7F CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 4213 TIME - 1400 N6179C PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONOMA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ROSA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- HAD 3 HRS IN TYPE. PRACTICE FOR TYPE RATING CK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6179C
- Reported as
- Grumman F7F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sonoma County
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