- Date
- January 14, 1964
- Place
- Mcgrath, AK · MCGRATH, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5297DCessna 180
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185512
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0119 64/1/14 NR.MCGRATH ALAS CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 13850 TIME - 1200 N5297D PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 3800 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE REMARKS- PILOT LEFT COCKPIT WITH ENGINE RUNNING TO TURN AIRCRAFT AROUND. THE ENGINE THEN SPEEDED-UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5297D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5297DRegistration cancelled Dec 17, 2014 · Cessna 180AAirframe modelCessna 180AEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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