- Date
- May 5, 1981
- Place
- Price, UT · PRICE, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N42099Cessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810505022399A
- Case key
- 125328
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3336 81/5/5 PRICE,UT CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N42099 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 28, 1962 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 49 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARBON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRICE,UT ALBUQUERQUE,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INCORRECT TRIM SETTING WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT STATED TOO MUCH NOSE UP TRIM,BCM DISTRACTED WHILE PUSHING YOKE FWD TO RAISE TAIL.WND GSTG 10KT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42099
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Carbon County
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.