- Date
- July 21, 1974
- Place
- Bethel, AK · BETHEL, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2978ACessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740721022939A
- Case key
- 134467
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2376 74/7/21 BETHEL,ALAS CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 2245 TIME - 1130 N2978A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 927 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BETHEL,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- PLT ABORTED TAKE OFF AND RAN UP LAKE BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2978A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2978A · 2
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