# NTSB CHI69D0540: Cessna 172, N5749T, Wautoma, WI, January 20, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: January 20, 1969
- Place: Wautoma, WI · WAUTOMA, WI
- Location: 44.0667° N, 89.2919° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wautoma, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0667&lon=-89.2919&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 5, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191238
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69D0540
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69D0540

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0743  69/1/20    WAUTOMA,WIS         CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 50, 500
        TIME - 1810                    N5749T              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WAUTOMA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
        REMARKS- LANDED TO RT OF PLOWED AREA. AFLD UNLTD,PLT DIDNT USE LNDG LTS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5749T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5749T), registered now, S/N 17251649, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Wautoma

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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