- Date
- March 8, 1980
- Place
- Challis, ID · CHALLIS, ID
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5895TCessna 185D
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800308005039A
- Case key
- 132359
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0200 80/3/8 CHALLIS,ID CESSNA 185D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 446 TIME - 1430 N5895T PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 269 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHALLIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHALLIS,ID NAMPA,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF 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 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 50 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- PLT DIDNT USE BRAKES.WND GUSTING 15KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5895T
- Reported as
- Cessna 185D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Challis
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5895T · 1
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