- Date
- February 19, 1984, 15:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Truckee, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9764BCessna 180A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840219004299A
- Case key
- 24179
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Prior to takeoff, the plt had to push the acft out of mud where the right landing gear had sunk into the ground. He took off and flew for 1/2 an hour. The plt reported that during the landing, the right brake seemed to be frozen and the acft swerved to the right. As the acft swerved into snow beside the rwy, the left wing dipped, and the left gear strut & the elevator were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9764B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50062
- Airframe hours
- 3,300
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Loring Sagan
- Registered owner
- B.J.B. Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 079 · Sierraville, CA
- Destination
- TRK · Truckee-Tahoe, NV
- Airport
- TRK · Truckee-Tahoe, runway 28, 6,401 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 53 in this make and model · 149 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 102 in the last 30 days · 70 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N9764B · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.