- Date
- August 22, 1965
- Place
- Prairie City, OR · PRAIRIE CITY, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2956CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176028
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2559 65/8/22 PRAIRIE CITY OREG CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 148 TIME - 0900 N2956C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH ROCK PILE-OFF AIRPORT OPERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2956C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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