- Date
- September 18, 1965
- Place
- Medicine Bow, WY · MEDICINE BOW, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3178DCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175621
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2793 65/9/18 MEDICINE BOW WYO CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 175 TIME - 1130 N3178D PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NELSON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3178D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nelson
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Other investigations on N3178D · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ERA23FA252Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportHarrisburg, PAThe pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning and improper in-flight decision-making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and a subsequent collision with terrain and objects.NTSB DEN73DTC17Accident · No injuriesClosedGillette, WYNTSB DEN68D0164Accident · No injuriesClosedCasper, WY