- Date
- August 30, 1968
- Place
- Friday Harbr, WA · FRIDAY HARBR, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6720FCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108601
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3811 68/8/30 FRIDAY HARBR,WASH CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 885 TIME - 1430 N6720F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLAKELY ISLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- HIT 145 FT.SHORT OF RNWY AND PORPOISED. AFLD NOTED FOR DOWNDRAFTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6720F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blakely Island
N6720FRegistration cancelled May 11, 2015 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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Other investigations on N6720F · 1
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