- Date
- July 10, 1981
- Place
- Yucca Valley, CA · YUCCA VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N736LJCessna R172K
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810710045939A
- Case key
- 124948
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1569 81/7/10 YUCCA VALLEY,CA CESSNA R172K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 197 TIME - 1530 N736LJ PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YUCCA VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YUCCA VALLEY,CA HIGH DESERT,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 91 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ATMTD TKOF W PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED.D/A APRX 6000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736LJ
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yucca Valley
N736LJRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2013 · Cessna R172KAirframe modelCessna R172KEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
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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.