- Date
- May 9, 1972
- Place
- Kenai, AK · KENAI, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4747UCessna 180H
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166052
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1803 72/5/9 KENAI,ALAS CESSNA 180H CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 6535 TIME - 0845 N4747U PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 67 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NIKOLAI STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,ALAS KENAI,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD REMARKS- PLT SAID RWY LOOKED OK FROM THE AIR. UNATTENDED STRIP,SPRING THAW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4747U
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nikolai Strip
N4747URegistration cancelled Dec 13, 2012 · Cessna 180HAirframe modelCessna 180HEngine modelContinental O-470 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N4747U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.