- Date
- July 30, 1966
- Place
- Chevak, AK · CHEVAK, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N740Cessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121831
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3240 66/7/30 CHEVAK %NEW< ALAS CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 38, 329 TIME - 1920 N740 PX- 0 0 2 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 221 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- ON TAKEOFF HIT SANDBAR AND BECAME AIRBORNE WITH COCKED FLOATS. VEERED INTO RIVER BANK ON LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N740
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage