- Date
- August 30, 1978
- Place
- San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N734UFCessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780830033499A
- Case key
- 139305
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3092 78/8/30 SAN FRANCISCO,CA CESSNA 172N CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1410 N734UF PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 29, 2700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 550 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FRANCISCO,CA CONCORD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/JET/ROTOR BLAST TAXI: TO TAKEOFF NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS - PROP/JET/ROTOR BLAST FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 280 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT WAS UPSET BY PROPWASH OF LARGE ACFT.WIND GUSTING TO 40KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734UF
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Francisco
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Other investigations on N734UF · 1
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