- Date
- March 2, 1974
- Place
- Kodiak, AK · KODIAK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9150TCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740302005449A
- Case key
- 186903
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0414 74/3/2 NR.KODIAK,ALAS CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N9150T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 40, 852 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 203 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KODIAK,ALAS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: OTHER NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SANDY WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 25 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- GR IMBEDDED 4 INCHS SAND ON BEACH.PLT TRIED TO BLAST ACFT FREE.GUSTING TO 40K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9150T
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.