- Date
- December 27, 1980
- Place
- Stove Pipe Wls, CA · STOVE PIPE WLS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4970ACessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801227078109A
- Case key
- 127629
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3574 80/12/27 STOVE PIPE WLS,CA CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 72 TOTAL TIME - 0815 N4970A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STOVE PIPE WELLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FURNACE CREEK,CA STOVE PIPE WLS,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- ACFT OBSD ON A LONG LOW FINAL BEHIND A CESSNA 185.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4970A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Stove Pipe Wells
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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.