# NTSB CHI70DDM01: Cessna 180, N2726X, Grantsburg, WI, April 25, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 25, 1970
- Place: Grantsburg, WI · GRANTSBURG, WI
- Location: 45.7838° N, 92.6773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grantsburg, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7838&lon=-92.6773&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 9, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 130159
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI70DDM01
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70DDM01

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1893  70/4/25    GRANTSBURG,WIS      CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 57, 3123
        TIME - 1145                    N2726X              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 2853 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MUNICIPAL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DANBURY,WIS                 GRANTSBURG,WIS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
        REMARKS- GUST LIFTED L WING,ACFT SWERVED L.R BRAKE FAILED,UN RCVR.R WING,ELEV HIT GND.WNDS 10-14K,GUSTING.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2726X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2726X-2001-05-04), registration cancelled 2001-05-04, S/N 172S8810 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (registry code 2072439) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Municipal

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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