- Date
- August 27, 1964
- Place
- Lafayette, IN · LAFAYETTE, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3020UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181938
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2647 64/8/27 LAFAYETTE IND CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 138 TIME - 1540 N3020U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PURDUE UNIVERSITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PASSENGER SICK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3020U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Purdue University
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