- Date
- January 10, 1966
- Place
- Witerocks, UT · WITEROCKS, UT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2661YCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173906
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0011 66/1/10 WITEROCKS UT CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1250 TIME - 1155 N2661Y PX- 0 0 2 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2661Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N2661Y · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC83FAG08Accident · No injuriesFinal reportKenai, AKThe acft nosed over during takeoff roll. The pilot of the tailwheel acft pushed the yoke foward during the roll and thenreleased the pressure he said the tail of the acft came up too high and the pilot said he ould not overcome this action with back pressure…NTSB ANC81DAG28Accident · No injuriesClosedChugiak, AKNTSB ANC80DAH14Accident · No injuriesClosedMccarthy, AKNTSB DEN67D0119Accident · Minor injuriesClosedHanksville, UTNTSB DEN65D0031Accident · No injuriesClosedVernal, UT