- Date
- October 30, 1975
- Place
- Horseshoe, NC · HORSESHOE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3207SCessna 182K
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751030034979A
- Case key
- 151186
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3132 75/10/30 HORSESHOE,NC CESSNA 182K CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1406 N3207S PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 40, 7767 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 357 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RITTER AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HORSESHOE,NC BREVARD,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NOSEWHEEL HIT SMALL DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3207S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ritter Airpark
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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.