- Date
- August 29, 1981
- Place
- Rockwood, PA · ROCKWOOD, PA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2809ACessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810829052569A
- Case key
- 124719
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2024 81/8/29 ROCKWOOD,PA CESSNA 180 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 1489 TIME - 0958 N2809A PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 503 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEYERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKWOOD,PA WAYNESBURG,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 72 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- CRASHED AFTER PULLING UP TO CLR PWR LN.D/A APRX 3000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2809A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Meyers
N2809ARegistration cancelled Jul 20, 2009 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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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.