- Date
- October 30, 1971
- Place
- Northway, AK · NORTHWAY, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6538ACessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164284
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3889 71/10/30 NORTHWAY,ALAS CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 2446 TIME - 1215 N6538A PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2055 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOLO CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOLO CREEK,ALAS NORTHWAY,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PLT TKOF ON SNW CRVD RWY UPHILL.HRZNTL STBLZR HIT 5FT HIGH BRUSH AT END OF RWY,FLT CONT TO DESTN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6538A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Solo Creek
N6538ARegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2013 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine 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 N6538A · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.