- Date
- May 3, 1978
- Place
- Arlington, WA · ARLINGTON, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N93272Cessna 185F
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780503009109A
- Case key
- 142448
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1045 78/5/3 ARLINGTON,WA CESSNA 185F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 121 TIME - 1657 N93272 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARLINGTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARLINGTON,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 45 280 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GUSTING TO 30K. DMGD WG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93272
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Arlington
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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 N93272 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN91LA123Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportConchas Dam, NMLanding gear locking mechanism loose, landing gear wheel deployed inadvertently, and maintenance alignment not performed. Factors were: propeller governor underspeed, maintenance adjustment not corrected, and lowering of flaps not performed.NTSB SEA78DYE24Accident · No injuriesClosedArlington, WA