- Date
- January 20, 1978
- Place
- Rangely, CO · RANGELY, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3559FCessna 182J
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780120000599A
- Case key
- 143295
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0674 78/1/20 NR.RANGELY,CO CESSNA 182J CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1036 TIME - 0800 N3559F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 819 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERNAL,UT RANGELY,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD.HIT A SNOW WINDROW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3559F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3559FRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2018 · Cessna 182JAirframe modelCessna 182JEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3559F · 1
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