- Date
- June 28, 1980
- Place
- Coghill Lake, AK · COGHILL LAKE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9478CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800628024479A
- Case key
- 129974
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1546 80/6/28 NR.COGHILL LAKE,AK CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 315 TIME - 1900 N9478C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COGHILL STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COGHILL LAKE,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- L WING HIT ALDER BUSH DRG TKOF FM CURVED,UNIMPROVED STRIP.6KT L X-WND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9478C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coghill Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9478C · 1
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