- Date
- March 7, 1979
- Place
- Concord, CA · CONCORD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61946Cessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790307005979A
- Case key
- 137075
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0800 79/3/7 CONCORD,CA CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1149 N61946 PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE 31, 3431 TOTAL HOURS, 1 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUCHANAN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONCORD,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61946
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buchanan Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N61946 · 1
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