- Date
- July 4, 1975
- Place
- Fields, OR · FIELDS, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3880QCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750704018449A
- Case key
- 150597
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2806 75/7/4 NR.FIELDS,OR CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 208 TIME - 1030 N3880Q PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILLSBORO,OR ALVORD LAKE,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- MISTAKINGLY LANDED IN SOFT BORAX LAKE BED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3880Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3880Q · 1
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