- Date
- April 30, 1970
- Place
- Mint Hill, NC · MINT HILL, NC
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3240YCessna 182E
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130020
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1880 70/4/30 MINT HILL,NC CESSNA 182E CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 256 TIME - 1830 N3240Y PX- 0 0 3 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 97 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOOSE CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINT HILL,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- GASCOLATOR FULL OF GREY-WATER TYPE MTRL.FUEL TNKCOVER FITTING RUSTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3240Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Goose Creek
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.