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| Date: | Wednesday 6 March 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 177 |
| Owner/operator: | Barnes Aviation |
| Registration: | N2980X |
| MSN: | 17700380 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Windsor Locks, CT -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | KBDL |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
HARD LANDING, GEAR COLLAPSED.
IMPROPER LEVEL-OFF, PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT, EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION, OVERLOAD FAILURE, INSTRUCTIONS MISINTERPRETED.
T/O ABORT AFTER AIRBORNE TO AVOID BEECH THAT FLEW IMPROPER LNDG PATTERN. BEECH PLT MISUNDERSTD TWR.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://aviationdb.net/aviationdb/AccidentPre1982DetailPage
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 July 2009 | N2980X | Private | 0 | Bradford County Airport (N27) in Towanda, Pennsylvania | |
sub |
| Bounced on landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2023 19:02 | makrawiec718 | Added |
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