- Date
- October 6, 1980
- Place
- Vancouver, WA · VANCOUVER, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72778Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801006075079A
- Case key
- 127954
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3382 80/10/6 VANCOUVER,WA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 383 TIME - 1845 N72778 PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VANCOUVER,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER REMARKS- LNDD ON LAKE.FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72778
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.