- Date
- May 11, 1981
- Place
- Novato, CA · NOVATO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6085ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810511023759A
- Case key
- 126719
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0609 81/5/11 NOVATO,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1803 TIME - 2115 N6085A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 630 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GNOSS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NOVATO,CA SANTA ROSA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION REMARKS- RWY TORN-UP AFTR ARR PREV DAY.PREFLT,TAXI,RUN-UP OBSRVD BY ARPT PERS.X ON GRASS ADJ TO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6085A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gnoss
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6085A · 1
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