- Date
- June 18, 1974
- Place
- Swan Lake, MT · SWAN LAKE, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6282ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740618015759A
- Case key
- 128748
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1881 74/6/18 SWAN LAKE,MONT CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, UNK/NR TIME - 1400 N6282E PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2537 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MISSOULA,MONT SWAN LAKE,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT TERRAIN - LOOSE GRAVEL TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT ATTMPTD TKOFF FRM FOREST SERVICE ROAD. RAN INTO LOOSE GRAVEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6282E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.