- Date
- July 19, 1972
- Place
- Mammoth Lk, CA · MAMMOTH LK, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3857CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168127
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2570 72/7/19 MAMMOTH LK,CALIF CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2000 TIME - 0920 N3857C PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAMMOTH LAKES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO CALIF MAMMOTH LK,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3857C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mammoth Lakes
N3857CRegistration cancelled Oct 6, 2014 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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