- Date
- April 8, 1979
- Place
- Seneca Falls, NY · SENECA FALLS, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4774BCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790408017449A
- Case key
- 137202
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1934 79/4/8 SENECA FALLS,NY CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 28, 593 TIME - 1400 N4774B PX- 0 0 0 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SENECA FALLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SENECA FALLS,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LNDD IN OPEN FLD,MUD APRX ONE AND A HALF INCHES DEEP.MIXT CTL IN APRX 57 PCT LEAN PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4774B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Seneca Falls
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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 N4774B · 1
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