- Date
- May 14, 1978
- Place
- Merrill Field, AK · MERRILL FIELD, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7320HCessna 185F
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780514011139A
- Case key
- 147472
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0904 78/5/14 MERRILL FIELD,AK CESSNA 185F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 400 TIME - 1215 N7320H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERRILL FIELD,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7320H
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merrill Field
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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.