- Date
- December 16, 1974
- Place
- Gillette, WY · GILLETTE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3087QCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report December 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741216039229A
- Case key
- 143069
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3690 74/12/16 GILLETTE,WYO CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 127 TIME - 2130 N3087Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 111 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILLETTE-CAMPBELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GILLETTE,WYO SHERIDAN,WYO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT BENT OVER TO PICK UP MAP DURING TAKEOFF CLIMB.ACFT DESCENDED AND STRUCK GRND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3087Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gillette-Campbell
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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