- Date
- November 18, 1978
- Place
- Petaluma, CA · PETALUMA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73857Cessna C172
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781118036009A
- Case key
- 139103
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3431 78/11/18 PETALUMA,CA CESSNA C172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 240 TIME - 1530 N73857 PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PETALUMA RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAYWARD,CA PETALUMA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73857
- Reported as
- Cessna C172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Petaluma Ranch
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N73857 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX03CA247Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportLivermore, CAThe pilot's misjudged landing flare, which resulted in a porpoise pilot induced oscillation and hard landing.NTSB LAX84LA313Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBallard, CAThe pilot of N73857, a Cessna 172 and the pilot of N521ST, a Cessna 305 arranged prior to the flight to fly a 'missing man' formation with two other aircraft. The plt of N73857 was instructed to fly to the left rear of the lead acft, N521ST. The pilot of…