# NTSB CHI72FEP30: Cessna 337, N2140, Woodruff, WI, January 20, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 20, 1972
- Place: Woodruff, WI · WOODRUFF, WI
- Location: 45.8944° N, 89.6912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodruff, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8944&lon=-89.6912&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report September 13, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165430
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72FEP30
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FEP30

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4147  72/1/20    WOODRUFF,WIS        CESSNA 337          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 401
        TIME - 2055                    N2140               PX-  0  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKELAND
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WOODRUFF,WIS                MINNEAPOLIS,MINN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: MUSH                                              TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- UN START REAR ENG.ATTEMPTED SINGLE ENG TKOF.REAR PROP NOT FEATH.ACFT SETTLED & HIT TREES.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2140 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Lakeland

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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