- Date
- May 12, 1976
- Place
- Port Sulphur, LA · PORT SULPHUR, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N52165Cessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760512010479A
- Case key
- 153430
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0931 76/5/12 PORT SULPHUR,LA CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 17765 TIME - 1620 N52165 PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 1306 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIRDWIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORT SULPHUR,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SEATS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- SEAT SLID TO REAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52165
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Birdwin
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.