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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182F · Hereford, TX · July 31, 1981

Date
July 31, 1981 · 10:00 local
Place
Hereford, TX
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3445U
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81FQG63
Reported as
Cessna 182F
Reported engine
Continental O470R
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,214 total1,635 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot took off with control lock on and crashed after climbing to altitude of forty feet.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOOK OFF WITH CONTROL LOCK ON AND CRASHED AFTER CLIMBING TO ALTITUDE OF FORTY FEET.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.