- Date
- August 31, 1979
- Place
- Wheatland, WY · WHEATLAND, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N71900Cessna U206A
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790831025029A
- Case key
- 133737
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3463 79/8/31 WHEATLAND,WY CESSNA U206A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0715 N71900 PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC AGE 48, 1224 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 138 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHIFER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCOTTSBLUFF,NE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71900
- Reported as
- Cessna U206A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Phifer
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N71900 · 1
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