- Date
- September 15, 1966
- Place
- Great Falls, MT · GREAT FALLS, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72308Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201151
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4208 66/9/15 GREAT FALLS MONT CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 13 TOTAL TIME - 1550 N72308 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREAT FALLS INT. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING REMARKS- ACFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY.PLT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF ON GRASS AREA OF AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72308
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Great Falls Int.
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