- Date
- July 29, 1973
- Place
- Monticello, AR · MONTICELLO, AR
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9357CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730729035019A
- Case key
- 189670
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1862 73/7/29 MONTICELLO,ARK CESSNA 180 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 550 TIME - 2215 N9357C PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTICELLO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTICELLO,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. TERRAIN - OTHER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DEP LTD ARPT & LOST CTL OVER SPARSELY LTD TERRAIN.PLT BLOOD ALC LEVEL 0.209 PCT.OVR MAX WT 94 LBS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9357C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Monticello
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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