- Date
- April 4, 1965
- Place
- Great Fall, MT · GREAT FALL, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2478VCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178801
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0880 65/4/4 GREAT FALLS MONT CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 75 TOTAL TIME - 1655 N2478V PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREAT FALLS INT. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK BARRIERS AROUND WIND TEE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2478V
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Great Falls Int.
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