- Date
- June 9, 1969
- Place
- New Salem, MA · NEW SALEM, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2936CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175855
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1894 69/6/9 NEW SALEM,MASS CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 975 TIME - 0645 N2936C PX- 0 1 1 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 136 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- RETRIEVED PARACHUTISTS.DURING T/O ON IS ROAD,IN RESERVOIR,LOST CTL DURING ATTEMPT TO AVOID HOLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2936C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Orange
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Other investigations on N2936C · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA89LA060Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTacoma, WAThe pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from the bounced landing. Contributing factors were the pilot's low total flight time and his inexperience in the Cessna 180 airplane.NTSB LAX87LA193Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFullerton, CAThe pilot reported that a gust of wind turned the aircraft left just prior to touchdown on runway 24. He was unable to maintain directional control during the landing roll and the aircraft ran off the left side of the runway. The reported surface winds were…NTSB LAX81DUG41Accident · No injuriesClosedLake Elsinore, CA