- Date
- April 1, 1973
- Place
- Tecumseh, MI · TECUMSEH, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2902CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730401009299A
- Case key
- 170337
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0707 73/4/1 TECUMSEH,MICH CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 600 TIME - 1330 N2902C PX- 0 0 3 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TECUMSEH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TECUMSEH,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- WING STRUCK GROUND DURING SWERVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2902C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tecumseh
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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 N2902C · 1
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