- Date
- July 27, 1978
- Place
- Middlegate, NV · MIDDLEGATE, NV
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3511FCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780727020819A
- Case key
- 141507
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1766 78/7/27 NR.MIDDLEGATE,NV CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 5110 TIME - 0730 N3511F PX- 0 0 1 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 5000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FALLON,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- CRASHED DURING AERIAL INSPECTION OF MINING AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3511F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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