- Date
- June 20, 1980
- Place
- Arbuckle, CA · ARBUCKLE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9960XCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800620022039A
- Case key
- 131048
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1462 80/6/20 NR.ARBUCKLE,CA CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2400 TIME - 1230 N9960X PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 220 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KALFSBEEK STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARBUCKLE,CA FT. BRAGG,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED REMARKS- PILOT SEAT SLID BACK ON TAKEOFF, PIC UNABLE TO REACH RUDDER PEDALS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9960X
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kalfsbeek Strip
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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.