- Date
- January 16, 1971
- Place
- Elizabeth, CO · ELIZABETH, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3899CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159762
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2151 71/1/16 ELIZABETH,COLO CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 662 TIME - 1530 N3899C PX- 0 0 1 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 151 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: FILTERS,SCREEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LOST OIL PRES.LNDD ON NARROW RD,BOUNCED,SWERVED ONTO RUF TRRN.OIL SCREEN GASKET MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3899C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage