- Date
- February 17, 1973
- Place
- Dixon, IL · DIXON, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2543XCessna P206
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730217003069A
- Case key
- 169935
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0325 73/2/17 DIXON,ILL CESSNA P206 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 160 TIME - 1400 N2543X PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALGREN MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DIXON,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 180 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LNDD IN SLIGHT CRAB NOSE WHEEL FIRST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2543X
- Reported as
- Cessna P206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Walgren Memorial
N2543XRegistration cancelled Aug 19, 2009 · Cessna P206Airframe modelCessna P206Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2543X · 1
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