# Accident 19750802028249A: Cessna 170B, Iron Ridge, WI, August 2, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1975
- Place: Iron Ridge, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 43.3981° N, 88.5319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Iron Ridge, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3981&lon=-88.5319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3468C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3468C-1975-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,570 total, 81 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750802028249A

## Narrative

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

LOW CLG,POOR VIS IN AREA ACFT OBSVD ABT 50FT AGLPILOT-METRO COND NOT ADEQUATE FOR TRRN ASSESEMENT.

## 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 CHI76AC008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC008), Aug 2, 1975: Cessna 170B (N3468C), Iron Ridge, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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