- Date
- August 3, 1966
- Place
- W.Yellowstone, MT · W.YELLOWSTONE, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5156ECessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121908
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3505 66/8/3 W.YELLOWSTONE MON CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 337 TIME - 1535 N5156E PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YELLOWSTONE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PILOT REACHED FOR MICROPHONE DURING CROSSWIND LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5156E
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yellowstone
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