- Date
- April 15, 1981
- Place
- San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3480CCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810415016589A
- Case key
- 126163
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0629 81/4/15 SAN JOSE,CA CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 53, 96 TOTAL TIME - 0800 N3480C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 76 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REID HILLVIEW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3480C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reid Hillview
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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.