# NTSB CHI69A0073: Cessna 180C, N9315T, Eagle, WI, February 16, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 16, 1969
- Place: Eagle, WI · EAGLE, WI
- Location: 42.8753° N, 88.4666° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eagle, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8753&lon=-88.4666&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 29, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185089
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69A0073
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69A0073

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2145  69/2/16    EAGLE,WIS           CESSNA 180C         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1358
        TIME - 1130                    N9315T              PX-  1  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - ICY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- HIT CONCRETE RETAINING WALL.ACFT SKI EQUIPPED.11K TAIL WIND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9315T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9315T-1969-03-27), registration cancelled 1969-03-27, S/N 50815, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180C
- Registry model: [Cessna 180C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180c) (registry code 2072608) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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