- Date
- July 17, 1978
- Place
- Olathe, KS · OLATHE, KS
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3075YCessna 182E
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780717023429A
- Case key
- 140278
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3323 78/7/17 OLATHE,KS CESSNA 182E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1200 TIME - 1419 N3075Y PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON CNTY EXEC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OLATHE,KS MOLINE,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - COLLAPSED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FLEX BOOT BETWEEN S DUCT & CARB HEAT BOX PARTIALLY SEPD.AIR DUCT SEAL(AD77-4-5) MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3075Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Johnson Cnty Exec
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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.