- Date
- August 11, 1980
- Place
- Renton, WA · RENTON, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N736UNCessna R172K
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800811036199A
- Case key
- 129420
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1856 80/8/11 RENTON,WA CESSNA R172K CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1121 N736UN PX- 0 0 0 TEST 43, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, 20 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROGERS-POST SPB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENTON,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: FLOAT ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- STC CERTIFICATION FOR FLOAT EQUIPMENT. LEFT FRONT STRUTS FAILED DURING STEP TAXI TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736UN
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rogers-Post Spb
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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.