- Date
- September 10, 1973
- Place
- Yakutat, AK · YAKUTAT, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7961VCessna 180H
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730910027589A
- Case key
- 188618
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2752 73/9/10 NR.YAKUTAT,ALAS CESSNA 180H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 13500 TIME - 0900 N7961V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SQUARE LAKE,ALAS YAKUTAT,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD.ENG MISSED.HIT LOG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7961V
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yakutat
N7961VRegistration cancelled Jan 8, 2013 · Cessna 180HAirframe modelCessna 180HEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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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.