Aviation Crash Map

Cessna 185F N183Z

21 December 1977 · Mesa, Arizona, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 December 1977 at about 15:00 local time, a Cessna 185F registered N183Z was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Mesa, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 15:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States
Nearest airport
Falcon
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 185F
Registration
N183Z
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Route
S → Z
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-3751

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

R SEAT TKOF. R RUDDER PEDAL COLLAPSED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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