- Date
- July 16, 1972
- Place
- Iowa City, IA · IOWA CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167258
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2518 72/7/16 IOWA CITY,IOWA PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 67, 1251 TIME - 1015 N88344 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 3 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IOWA CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IOWA CITY,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2518 72/7/16 IOWA CITY,IOWA CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1460 TIME - 1015 N1508C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IOWA CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IOWA CITY,IOWA LONE TREE IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PILOT STATED HE COULD NOT SEE OVER THE NOSE ON THE ACFT BECAUSE OF HIS HEIGHT 5'6''.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1508C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Iowa City
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.
- Registration
- N88344
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Iowa City
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.
Other investigations on N1508C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.