- Date
- May 1, 1970
- Place
- Seward, AK · SEWARD, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8202VCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129953
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1874 70/5/1 NR.SEWARD,ALAS CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 600 TIME - 1700 N8202V PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARDING GLACIER,ALAS SEWARD,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- TOOK OFF FROM GLACIER,SNOW 18 IN DEEP. L SKI DUG INTO SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8202V
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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