- Date
- March 22, 1980
- Place
- Bridgeport, CA · BRIDGEPORT, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N739VHCessna 182RG
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800322007529A
- Case key
- 131972
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0456 80/3/22 BRIDGEPORT,CA CESSNA 182RG CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 1200 TIME - 1900 N739VH PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRIDGEPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MODESTO,CA BRIDGEPORT,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK REMARKS- ACTUATORS,WHICH CLOSED M/G MICROSWITCHES,DIRTY/FROZEN IN DOWN & LOCKED POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739VH
- Reported as
- Cessna 182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bridgeport
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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.