- Date
- May 29, 1974
- Place
- Crestd Butte, CO · CRESTD BUTTE, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1626CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740529020339A
- Case key
- 130309
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2147 74/5/29 CRESTD BUTTE,COLO CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1315 N1626C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 31, 1369 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 204 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERZUH-ROUSE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRESTD BUTTE,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 55 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WET RWY HAD 2600FT USABLE.ROUGH FROM WET SPOTS. DENSITY ALT 10900FT,TKOF ATMTD UPSLOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1626C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Verzuh-Rouse
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1626C · 1
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