# NTSB OAK73DXQ06: Cessna 180, N3857C, Mammoth Lk, CA, July 19, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 19, 1972
- Place: Mammoth Lk, CA · MAMMOTH LK, CA
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 1, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168127
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK73DXQ06
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DXQ06

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3857C-2014-10-06), registration cancelled 2014-10-06, S/N 31005, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mammoth Lakes

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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