- Date
- September 30, 1978
- Place
- Willits, CA · WILLITS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1463UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780930031899A
- Case key
- 138941
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2827 78/9/30 WILLITS,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 113 TIME - 1326 N1463U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELLS-WILLITS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLITS,CA LITTLERIVER,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-PAX DOOR OPENED FOR UNDETERMINED REASON FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - DOOR/PANEL OPEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1463U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ells-Willits Muni
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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.