Cessna 140A N77DT

16 August 1973 · Brandon, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 16 August 1973 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 140A registered N77DT was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Brandon, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 16 August 1973 at 18:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Brandon, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Brandon
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 140A
Registration: N77DT
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Flying School
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3901

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

BOUNCED LDG T/D ON L GR.ACFT VEERED L INTO BARBED WIRE FENCE.WIND GUSTING 15K.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3901, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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