- Date
- January 5, 1969
- Place
- Vernon, TX · VERNON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2335CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191128
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0425 69/1/5 VERNON,TEX CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 218 TIME - 1630 N2335C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 98 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PROLONGED GLIDE WITHOUT CLEARING ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2335C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2335CRegistration cancelled Dec 16, 2014 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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Other investigations on N2335C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.