- Date
- September 23, 1975
- Place
- Rapid City, SD · RAPID CITY, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4707BCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750923030039A
- Case key
- 151560
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3553 75/9/23 RAPID CITY,SD CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 552 TIME - 1630 N4707B PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 42 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAPID CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ABERDEEN,SD RAPID CITY,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES REMARKS- CENTER MAIN PIVOT BOLT ON STEERABLE TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLY EXCESSIVELY LOOSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4707B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rapid City
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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 N4707B · 1
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