- Date
- August 9, 1968
- Place
- Portland, OR · PORTLAND, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9808XCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108613
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3895 68/8/9 PORTLAND,OREG CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0203 N9808X PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 45, 2200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 71 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SEATS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLTS SEAT DISENGAGED FROM RAIL AND SLID BACK.SEAT RAIL SAFETY PINS WERE NOT INSTALLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9808X
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Portland
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Other investigations on N9808X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC02LA126Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSeward, AKA loss of directional control of the airplane due to the failure of the pilot to correct for torque/P Factor during the takeoff roll. A factor in the accident was a wet grass surface.NTSB OAK71DVD26Accident · No injuriesClosedLivermore, CA