- Date
- August 30, 1978
- Place
- Nunica, MI · NUNICA, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5133ECessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780830025939A
- Case key
- 140112
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2300 78/8/30 NR.NUNICA,MI CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 69, 551 TIME - 1945 N5133E PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING T RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NUNICA,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5133E
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying T Ranch
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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 N5133E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MKC87LA175Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAtkinson, NEWitnesses stated that the pilot was chasing a wild horse out of an alfalfa field and back into a corral when a wingtip struck a grove of trees and the aircraft cartwheeled onto the ground. The pilot stated to FAA that he did not see the treeline due to…NTSB ANC73DAG61Accident · No injuriesClosedSterling, AK