- Date
- March 22, 1967
- Place
- Wilkesboro, NC · WILKESBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5127ECessna 180B
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117963
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0929 67/3/22 WILKESBORO, NC CESSNA 180B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 600 TIME - 1745 N5127E PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILKES COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 55 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RT BRAKE WEAK. LFT CROSSWIND GUSTING TO 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5127E
- Reported as
- Cessna 180B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wilkes County
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Other investigations on N5127E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL92LA095Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportJacksonville, NCThe pilot's failure to ensure an adequate supply of fuel for the planned flight; which resulted in fuel exhaustion. A factor was the high vegetation in the forced landing field.NTSB UNK64X1164Accident · No injuriesClosedBoomer, NC