- Date
- November 12, 1967
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4548FCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112902
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4159 67/11/12 TUCSON,ARIZ CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 1200 TIME - 0900 N4548F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 240 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TORTUGA STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- PLT SEAT NOT LOCKED,MOVED TO REAR.PLT COULD NOT REACH PEDALS OR THROTTLE.ACFT WENT THRU SAGE BRUSH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4548F
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tortuga Strip
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