- Date
- April 20, 1978
- Place
- Ely, NV · ELY, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N64426Cessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780420008359A
- Case key
- 142212
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0731 78/4/20 ELY,NV CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1555 N64426 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 65, 9752 TOTAL HOURS, 258 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YELLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELY,NV RENO,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 57 240 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 24 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 29K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64426
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yelland
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N64426 · 1
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