- Date
- August 14, 1979
- Place
- Death Valley, CA · DEATH VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5837BCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790814019179A
- Case key
- 135221
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1857 79/8/14 DEATH VALLEY,CA CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 1065 TIME - 0730 N5837B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 571 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEATH VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEATH VALLEY,CA BOULDER CITY,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- ACFT GOT AWAY FROM PLT AFTR HE PROPPED THE ENG.NOSED OVER IN SOFT SAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5837B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Death Valley
N5837BRegistration cancelled Sep 27, 2012 · Cessna 182Airframe modelCessna 182Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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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.