- Date
- February 19, 1979
- Place
- Oroville, CA · OROVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N58873Cessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790219003279A
- Case key
- 137759
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0181 79/2/19 OROVILLE,CA CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1515 N58873 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 59, 11130 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 820 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OROVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OROVILLE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE LANDING IN SOFT TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58873
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oroville 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.