- Date
- February 25, 1966
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4576BCessna 180
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174071
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0042 66/2/25 ANCHORAGE,ALAS CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1629 TIME - 1500 N4576B PX- 0 1 2 PARAJUMP-AIR SHOW TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISC-CHUTIST TOO NEAR NEXT MAN,RIPCRD SNAGED EQUIP EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- CHUTE OPENED PREMATURELY,MAN STRUCK.CABIN DOOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4576B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merrill Field
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Other investigations on N4576B · 3
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