- Date
- October 30, 1978
- Place
- Willits, CA · WILLITS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3663YCessna 210C
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781030033649A
- Case key
- 147559
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3013 78/10/30 WILLITS,CA CESSNA 210C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 406 TIME - 1900 N3663Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 224 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELLS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE PORT,CA WILLITS,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ANIMALS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- DEER RAN INTO LEFT SIDE OF ACFT,COLLAPSED LEFT MAIN GEAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3663Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ells Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3663Y · 1
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