- Date
- October 17, 1975
- Place
- Riley Junction, OR · RILEY JUNCTION, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6163QCessna 320F
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751017032969A
- Case key
- 151282
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3040 75/10/17 RILEY JUNCTION,OR CESSNA 320F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N6163Q PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC AGE UNK/NR, 6500 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 2519 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RILEY JUNCTION,OR SILVER LAKE,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 55 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- TKOF ATMTD FM SANDY & GRAVEL RWY WITH 20-25K CROSSWIND.HIT SOFT SPOT,SWERVED.RWY RUTTED BY TRUCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6163Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 320F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Airstrip
N6163QRegistration cancelled Dec 7, 2012 · Cessna 320FAirframe modelCessna 320FEngine modelContinental GTSIO-520-C
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6163Q · 1
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