- Date
- September 13, 1980
- Place
- Iron City, AL · IRON CITY, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N71451Cessna 182M
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800913049639A
- Case key
- 127837
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3173 80/9/13 NR.IRON CITY,AL CESSNA 182M CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1455 N71451 PX- 0 0 1 FIRE CONTROL AGE 53, 3926 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 503 IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSONVILLE,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: BIRD INGESTION POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MANIFOLDS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- UNKN TYPE BIRD HIT EXHAUST PIPE,PIPE FAILED ON INSIDE OF COWLING.PLASTIC/RUBBER OBSTD AIR INTAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71451
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N71451Registration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Cessna 182MAirframe modelCessna 182MEngine 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.