- Date
- August 25, 1979
- Place
- Lake Elsinore, CA · LAKE ELSINORE, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4916ACessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790825020539A
- Case key
- 135293
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1996 79/8/25 LAKE ELSINORE,CA CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1315 N4916A PX- 0 0 4 PARAJUMP-SPORT AGE 21, 796 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 6 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYLARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE ELSINORE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- APRX 240LBS OVER MAX GWT,CG AFT OF REAR LIMIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4916A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skylark
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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.
Other investigations on N4916A · 1
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