- Date
- April 26, 1975
- Place
- Ellensburg, WA · ELLENSBURG, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8162ZCessna 205
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750426008089A
- Case key
- 148539
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0863 75/4/26 ELLENSBURG,WA CESSNA 205 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1575 TIME - 1100 N8162Z PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 734 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELLENSBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOSCOW,ID ELLENSBURG,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 280 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 50 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 60K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8162Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ellensburg
N8162ZRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Cessna 210-5(205)Airframe modelCessna 210-5(205)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8162Z · 1
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