- Date
- August 20, 1972
- Place
- Holy Cross, AK · HOLY CROSS, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7741ACessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168446
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3314 72/8/20 HOLY CROSS,ALAS CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1630 N7741A PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG 1593 TOTAL HOURS, 133 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLY CROSS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANIAK,ALAS HOLY CROSS,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE REMARKS- DIRT RWY,POOR COND.TAIL WHEEL STINGER BROKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7741A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Holy Cross
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Other investigations on N7741A · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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