- Date
- August 29, 1971
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3868CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163975
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3330 71/8/29 WHEELING,ILL CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 63, 2263 TIME - 1215 N3868C PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 284 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL-WAUKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE GENEVA,WIS WHEELING,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3868C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pal-Waukee
N3868CRegistration cancelled Jan 31, 2011 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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Other investigations on N3868C · 1
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