# NTSB LAX82DA065: Cessna 180, N3343D, San Jose, CA, February 6, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 6, 1982, 15:39 local (23:39 UTC)
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Location: 37.3329° N, 121.8198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REID-HILLVIEW OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY (RHV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3329&lon=-121.8198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 6, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72498
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72498/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA065

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - object - aircraft moving on ground
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, standing - engine(s) operating
  - clearance - improper, pilot of other aircraft (cause)

## Analysis (aircraft 2)

BELLANCA N71681 WAS AWAITING CLEARANCE FOR TAKEOFF WHEN CESSNA N3343D TAXIED INTO THE TURNING PROPELLER DURING A POSITIONING MANEUVER.

## Analysis (aircraft 1)

BELLANCA N71681 HAD TAXIED OUT TO RUNWAY 31, AWAITING CLEARANCE FOR TAKEOFF. CESSNA N3343D TAXIED OUT TO THE RUNUP AREA NEAR RUNWAY 31. AFTER COMPLETING THE RUNUP, N3343D MADE A TURN TO THE LEFT TO CENTER INTO THE LINE OF TRAFFIC AWAITING TAKEOFF. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LOOKING TO THE LEFT AS HE TURN THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RIGHT WING CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE PROPELLER OF N71681.

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: [N3343D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3343D-2018-01-18), registration cancelled 2018-01-18, S/N 32141, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32141
- Airframe hours: 3176
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jerald L. Baxter
- Registered owner: Jerald L. Baxter
- Departed: RHV, SAN JOSE, CA
- Airport: RHV, Ried Hillview

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: [N71681](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71681), registered now, S/N 7AC-4176 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7KCAB
- Registry model: [Champion 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7ac) (registry code 21101MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Richard Brodhead
- Departed: RHV, SAN JOSE, CA
- Destination: RHV, SAN JOSE, CA
- Airport: RHV, Ried Hillview

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot, aircraft N3343D; age 32; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 717 total, 35 in this make and model, 564 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days
- Pilot, aircraft N71681; age 23; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 700 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## FAA reports on this event (2)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820206004541A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820206004541A), Feb 6, 1982: Cessna 180, San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft right wing struck N71681 propeller during taxi for takeoff.
- [Accident 19820206004542A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820206004542A), Feb 6, 1982: Bbavia 7KCAB, San Jose, CA, Minor damage. N3343D taxied into prop during taxi for takeoff.

## Other investigations on N3343D (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX97LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA203), Jun 9, 1997: Cessna 180 (N3343D), Hollister, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's improper use of the elevator and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go landing. A factor in the accident was the pilot's application of full power…
- [NTSB SEA91LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA185), Jul 20, 1991: Cessna 180 (N3343D), Cody, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER RUNWAY ALIGNMENT. FACTORS WERE DIVERTED ATTENTION, AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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