- Date
- October 14, 1968
- Place
- Steamboat Sg, CO · STEAMBOAT SG, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4660BCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107966
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3722 68/10/14 STEAMBOAT SG,COLO CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 600 TIME - 1500 N4660B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STEAMBOAT SPRINGS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O WITH CROSSWIND 25K,GUSTS TO 40K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4660B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Steamboat Springs
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