- Date
- July 20, 1978
- Place
- Green River, UT · GREEN RIVER, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N94201Cessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140711
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2275 78/7/20 GREEN RIVER,UT CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 5389 TIME - 1830 N94201 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 3030 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREEN RIVER,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 85 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DRIFTED TOWARD TREES,UN TO CORRECT,ABORTED.DENS ALT ABT 13800FT.GUSTING 15K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94201
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Strip
N94201Registration cancelled May 22, 2013 · Cessna A185FAirframe modelCessna A185FEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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