- Date
- September 22, 1976
- Place
- Brooksville, FL · BROOKSVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N445JCessna 185D
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760922036509A
- Case key
- 156066
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4069 76/9/22 NR.BROOKSVILLE,FL CESSNA 185D CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 62, 5172 TIME - 1405 N445J PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HERNANDO COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROOKSVILLE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- AILERON CONTROLS FOUND TO OPERATE IN REVERSE DIRECTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N445J
- Reported as
- Cessna 185D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hernando County
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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 N445J · 1
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