- Date
- September 18, 1966
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK · FAIRBANKS, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3168CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121191
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2633 66/9/18 NR.FAIRBANKS ALAS CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 42, 327 TIME - 0845 N3168C PX- 0 0 1 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- RIGHT WHEEL STRUCK A ROCK AND TIRE FAILED DURING LANDING ON A SAND BAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3168C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N3168C · 2
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