- Date
- December 14, 1973
- Place
- Kalapana, HI · KALAPANA, HI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30599Cessna 177A
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731214041749A
- Case key
- 187448
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3934 73/12/14 KALAPANA,HAWAII CESSNA 177A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1278 TIME - 1535 N30599 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 319 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONOLULU,HAWAII KALAPANA,HAWAII TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- ACFT LANDED ON 15 DEG UPSLOPE MACADAM ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30599
- Reported as
- Cessna 177A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N30599 · 1
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