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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Cotton, MN · August 1, 1981

Date
August 1, 1981 · 06:15 local
Place
Cotton, MN
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4988E
NTSB investigations
NTSBCHI81LA106NTSBCHI81DAMS5
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O470K
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Pilot’s flight hours
207 total63 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into area low ceiling and visibility. Wreckage found nine years later indicates loss of control into trees.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO AREA LOW CEILING AND VISIBILITY. WRECKAGE FOUND NINE YEARS LATER INDICATES LOSS OF CONTROL INTO TREES.

NTSB investigation · 2

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.