- Date
- March 24, 1978
- Place
- Brooksville, FL · BROOKSVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9287CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780324006329A
- Case key
- 142480
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1228 78/3/24 BROOKSVILLE,FL CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 1479 TIME - 1658 N9287C PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 880 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HERNANDO COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNOXVILLE,TN BROOKSVILLE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9287C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hernando County
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.