- Date
- June 17, 1973
- Place
- Cloverdale, CA · CLOVERDALE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N38SPCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730617024989A
- Case key
- 189974
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2397 73/6/17 CLOVERDALE,CALIF CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1033 TIME - 0500 N38SP PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLOVERDALE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLOVERDALE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT PWR LINES 37FT ABV GRND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38SP
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cloverdale
N38SPRegistration cancelled Feb 5, 2008 · 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.
Other investigations on N38SP · 1
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