# NTSB LAX68D0273: Cessna 185, N4084F, Lakeside, CA, January 7, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 7, 1968
- Place: Lakeside, CA · LAKESIDE, CA
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 29, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112163
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68D0273
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68D0273

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0026   68/1/7    LAKESIDE,CALIF      CESSNA 185          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1430                    N4084F              PX-  0  0  4  PARAJUMP-SPORT            AGE 30, 11500 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 300 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FOSTER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER                       TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        REMARKS- PROP BLADE FAILED AT SHANK. ENG SHOOK FROM MOUNT ON ABORTED TAKEOFF.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4084F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4084F-2021-09-04), registration cancelled 2021-09-04, S/N 36984, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Foster

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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