- Date
- July 8, 1979
- Place
- Reno, NV · RENO, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8310SWren 182H
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790708029199A
- Case key
- 133681
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2841 79/7/8 NR.RENO,NV WREN 182H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N8310S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 46, 727 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 88 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCWHORTA RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENO,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT NOTED NO ACCEL AFTER 1ST HALF OF RWY.LFTOFF W APCHG ROUGH TERRAIN.ACFT SETTLED.D/A APRX 6300FT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8310S
- Reported as
- Wren 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcwhorta Ranch
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8310S · 1
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