- Date
- March 9, 1980
- Place
- Willows, CA · WILLOWS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1538UCessna TU206F
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800309004899A
- Case key
- 131564
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1480 80/3/9 WILLOWS,CA CESSNA TU206F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 517 TIME - 1100 N1538U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 467 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLOWS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1538U
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private
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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.