- Date
- December 5, 1970
- Place
- Reedsburg, WI · REEDSBURG, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8164UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159105
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4339 70/12/5 REEDSBURG,WIS CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 61 TOTAL TIME - 1015 N8164U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REEDSBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILWAUKEE WIS ELROY WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 40 K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8164U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reedsburg
N8164URegistration cancelled Mar 21, 2017 · Cessna 172FAirframe modelCessna 172FEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N8164U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.