- Date
- January 25, 1971
- Place
- Lone Rock, WI · LONE ROCK, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8994XCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159788
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0693 71/1/25 LONE ROCK,WIS CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 75 TOTAL TIME - 1515 N8994X PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILWAUKEE,WIS ROCHESTER,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- PLT DECIDED WX WAS TOO BAD TO CONTINUE FLT DUE HAZE,MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN IN VICINITY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8994X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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