- Date
- May 6, 1966
- Place
- Chiriaco, CA · CHIRIACO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9002CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171972
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2690 66/5/6 CHIRIACO CALIF CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 321 TIME - 1630 N9002C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 109 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- PILOT LANDED ON NARROW UNIMPROVED DESERT ROAD. WING TIP STRUCK TREE AT ROADSIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9002C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N9002C · 2
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