- Date
- September 16, 1978
- Place
- Jackson, WY · JACKSON, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1624CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780916029849A
- Case key
- 139677
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2765 78/9/16 NR.JACKSON,WY CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 5936 TIME - 1000 N1624C PX- 0 0 1 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 3160 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALT LAKE CITY,UT W.YELLOWSTONE,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- #2 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD BROKE,REASON NOT DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1624C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.