DEN66F0277

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 182A · Salt Lake City, UT · April 5, 1966

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
April 5, 1966
Place
Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Initial climb
Aircraft
N2120GCessna 182A
Status
Completed · report May 18, 1966
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
172592

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0734   66/4/5    SALT LAKE CITY UT   CESSNA 182A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 28, 75 TOTAL
        TIME - 1600                    N2120G              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SALT LAKE CITY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           BIRD STRIKE                                              TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION

Aircraft

Registration
N2120G
Reported as
Cessna 182A
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Salt Lake City

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.