- Date
- September 21, 1980
- Place
- Mccarthy, AK · MCCARTHY, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2661YCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800921044379A
- Case key
- 127869
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3109 80/9/21 MCCARTHY,AK CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1100 TIME - 2200 N2661Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCARTHY NO.2 DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCCARTHY,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - RAIN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR REMARKS- PLT DECIDED VIS NOT GOOD ENOUGH DRG NGT TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2661Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mccarthy No.2
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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.
Other investigations on N2661Y · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC83FAG08Accident · No injuriesFinal reportKenai, AKThe acft nosed over during takeoff roll. The pilot of the tailwheel acft pushed the yoke foward during the roll and thenreleased the pressure he said the tail of the acft came up too high and the pilot said he ould not overcome this action with back pressure…NTSB ANC81DAG28Accident · No injuriesClosedChugiak, AKNTSB DEN67D0119Accident · Minor injuriesClosedHanksville, UTNTSB DEN66D0194Accident · No injuriesClosedWiterocks, UTNTSB DEN65D0031Accident · No injuriesClosedVernal, UT