- Date
- November 15, 1970
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N981SCCessna 180G
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159551
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4580 70/11/15 KETCHIKAN,ALAS CESSNA 180G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1382 TIME - 1704 N981SC PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KETCHIKAN SEADROM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KETCHIKAN,ALAS ANNETTE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: SEALS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER REMARKS- R BOW WHEEL EXTENDED DUE TO LACK HYD PRESS.PLT RPTD WATER 12 IN CHOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N981SC
- Reported as
- Cessna 180G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ketchikan Seadrom
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