# Accident 19730430010919A: Cessna 177, Rhinelander, WI, April 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1973
- Place: Rhinelander, WI
- Airport: Pine Grove
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 45.6572° N, 89.5299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PINE GROVE (WI42), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6572&lon=-89.5299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3174T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3174T-1973-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 716 total, 31 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73DEP56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEP56) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730430010919A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DRG BASE TO FINAL TURN ENCTRD HI SINK RATE APPLIED FULL PWR UP ELEV.TAIL HIT TREE,FELL INTO LAKE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI73DEP56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEP56), Apr 30, 1973: Cessna 177 (N3174T), Rhinelander, WI, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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