- Date
- July 17, 1974
- Place
- Land O' Lakes, WI · LAND O' LAKES, WI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N69939Cessna 310L
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740717039259A
- Case key
- 132586
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3953 74/7/17 LAND O' LAKES,WIS CESSNA 310L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 313 TIME - 2155 N69939 PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAND O' LAKES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAND O' LAKES,WIS ST CHARLES,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACDNT OCCRD ON 2ND NITE FLT IN MULTI-ENG ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69939
- Reported as
- Cessna 310L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Land O' Lakes
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.