- Date
- February 5, 1979
- Place
- Cottonwood, ID · COTTONWOOD, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N80337Cessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790205002339A
- Case key
- 137672
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0098 79/2/5 COTTONWOOD,ID CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 39, 2977 TIME - 1145 N80337 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 1070 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTTONWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COTTONWOOD,ID KAMIAH,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: TO TAKEOFF COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RAMP/TAXIWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80337
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cottonwood
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N80337 · 1
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