- Date
- March 31, 1965
- Place
- Gila Bend, AZ · GILA BEND, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7742ACessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179020
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0660 65/3/31 GILA BEND ARIZ CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 267 TIME - 0215 N7742A PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 104 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7742A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7742ARegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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