# Accident 19811126074689A: Cessna 182E, Platteville, WI, November 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1981, 04:20 local time
- Place: Platteville, WI
- Airport: Grant Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7279° N, 90.4681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Platteville, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7279&lon=-90.4681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2860Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2860Y-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811126074689A

## Narrative

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

INTOXICATED STUDENT PILOT AND PASSENGER BORROWED AIRPLANE FOR A JOY RIDE. LOST CONTROL SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF.

## 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 CHI82FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA016), Nov 26, 1981: Cessna 182E (N2860Y), Platteville, WI, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N2860Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780304003699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780304003699A), Mar 4, 1978: Cessna 182E (N2860Y), East Troy, WI, Substantial damage. Failure of ldg gear spring p/n 0741601-2.

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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