- Date
- May 26, 1972
- Place
- Butte, MT · BUTTE, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7804CTailwind Dower
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167029
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1890 72/5/26 BUTTE,MONT TAILWIND DOWER CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1615 N7804C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 30, 1065 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 43 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SILVER BOW COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUTTE,MONT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 45 340 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GUSTING TO 25K. MADE WHEEL LDG,ACFT BOUNCED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7804C
- Reported as
- Tailwind Dower
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Silver Bow County
N7804CRegistration cancelled May 10, 2013 · Dahlman-Dower TAILWIND W-8Airframe modelDahlman-Dower TAILWIND W-8Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N7804C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.