- Date
- July 7, 1973
- Place
- Port Townsnd, WA · PORT TOWNSND, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6014BCessna 180D
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730707028549A
- Case key
- 188895
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3172 73/7/7 PORT TOWNSND,WASH CESSNA 180D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0945 N6014B PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS AGE 34, 870 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TACOMA,WASH PORT TOWNSND,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: FLOAT ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- AMPHIB.L FLOAT FRONT WHEEL ASSY FAILED.R FLOAT COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6014B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jefferson County
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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.
Other investigations on N6014B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.