- Date
- November 26, 1980
- Place
- Truckee, CA · TRUCKEE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9232CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801126066379A
- Case key
- 127910
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3163 80/11/26 TRUCKEE,CA CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1400 TIME - 1145 N9232C PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUCKEE-TAHOE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRUCKEE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) COPILOT - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- CP,R SEAT,PROSPECTIVE BUYER,NO PREV FLT TIME,THIS MAKE/MODEL.NON-CFI PLT ALLOWED CP TO ATMT TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9232C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Truckee-Tahoe
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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.
Other investigations on N9232C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.