- Date
- August 22, 1980
- Place
- Douglas, GA · DOUGLAS, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N229CCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800822036809A
- Case key
- 129640
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2047 80/8/22 DOUGLAS,GA CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 1015 TIME - 1600 N229C PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COFFEE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOUGLAS,GA ST SIMONS IS,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF REMARKS- INSTRUMENT PANEL ATCH MOUNTS,P/N 1213645-1,FAILED,PREVENTING ELEVATOR FM BEING RAISED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N229C
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coffee County
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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.