- Date
- March 20, 1975
- Place
- Havre, MT · HAVRE, MT
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4948CCessna A185F
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750320006129A
- Case key
- 147948
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0356 75/3/20 HAVRE,MT CESSNA A185F CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0820 N4948C PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 33, 5620 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 23 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAVRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAVRE,MT SHERIDAN,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL REMARKS- PLT USED R SEAT DUE L SEAT SLIDE MALF.L RUDDER PEDAL,R SEAT,WENT TO STOWED PSN.27HRS TOTAL ON ACFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4948C
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Havre
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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.