# Accident 19811127079769A: Cessna 182B, Eden Prairie, MN, November 27, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1981, 14:30 local time
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7261E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7261E-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,771 total, 2,620 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82FER13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FER13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811127079769A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF DUE TO CARBURETOR ICING. TURNED BACK. HIGH SINK RATE. IMPACTED SNOW AREA ON AIRPORT.

## 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 CHI82FER13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FER13), Nov 27, 1981: Cessna 182B (N7261E), Eden Prairie, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7261E (2)

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

- [Accident 19940522012109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940522012109A), May 22, 1994: Cessna 182B (N7261E), Glencoe, MN, Destroyed. Landed in field mistaken for airport. Tried go around but struck fence post and trees before crashing.
- [Incident 19790818032129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790818032129I), Aug 18, 1979: Cessna 182B (N7261E), Baldwin, WI, 1 fatal. Parachute fatality.

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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