- Date
- September 13, 1973
- Place
- Sterling, AK · STERLING, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4742QCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730913040619A
- Case key
- 187848
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3919 73/9/13 STERLING,ALAS CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 5701 TIME - 1755 N4742Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAPTOWNE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENAI,ALAS STERLING,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- MISUSED BRAKES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4742Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Naptowne
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4742Q · 2
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