- Date
- March 6, 1979
- Place
- Cresswell, OR · CRESSWELL, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N340STurbulent RWS-1
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790306004189A
- Case key
- 137664
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0093 79/3/6 CRESSWELL,OR TURBULENT RWS-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 75 TOTAL TIME - 1000 N340S PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRESSWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRESSWELL,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- HIT TREE 90FT TO R OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N340S
- Reported as
- Turbulent RWS-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cresswell
N340SRegistration cancelled Mar 7, 2013 · Turbulent RWS-1Airframe modelTurbulent RWS-1Engine modelContinental A40 series
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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.