- Date
- February 25, 1979
- Place
- Miles City, MT · MILES CITY, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9434CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790225003569A
- Case key
- 137833
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NTSB brief
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0249 79/2/25 NR.MILES CITY,MT CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 790 TIME - 1400 N9434C PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 173 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILES CITY,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- ATTMPTD TKOF DOWN STEEP HILLSIDE. FUEL TANKS UNPORTED & ENG CUT OUT. CONT TKOF & HIT RIVER BANK,
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9434C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9434C · 1
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