- Date
- August 17, 1966
- Place
- Cordova, AK · CORDOVA, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9778BCessna 180A
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121329
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3926 66/8/17 NR.CORDOVA ALAS CESSNA 180A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1600 TIME - 0730 N9778B PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING IN TOO SHALLOW WATER.ACFT LATER WASHED OUT TO SEA BY STORM AND HIGH TIDES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9778B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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