- Date
- December 21, 1966
- Place
- Bethel, AK · BETHEL, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7741ACessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119442
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4370 66/12/21 BETHEL ALAS CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 6250 TIME - 1530 N7741A PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 4350 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SKI ASSEMBLIES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- LFT SKI LEG FAILED AT 2 ATTACH BOLT HOLES-SKI FELL OFF DURING FLIGHT.NO FURTHER DAMAGE ON LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7741A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N7741A · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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