- Date
- March 1, 1979
- Place
- Scottsdale, AZ · SCOTTSDALE, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3861CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790301003919A
- Case key
- 137366
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0428 79/3/1 SCOTTSDALE,AZ CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1000 N3861C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 64, 23862 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1055 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCOTTSDALE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCOTTSDALE,AZ SCOTTSDALE,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SEATS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PILOTS SEAT UNLATCHED AND SLID BACK ON T/O ROLL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3861C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Scottsdale
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3861C · 1
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