- Date
- September 5, 1965
- Place
- Orchards, WA · ORCHARDS, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2468CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178928
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3478 65/9/5 ORCHARDS WASH CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 30, 264 TIME - 1700 N2468C PX- 0 0 3 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHOLL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 12000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TEMPERATURE-F LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 30 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- CROSSWIND GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2468C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Scholl
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Other investigations on N2468C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.