- Date
- March 28, 1975
- Place
- River Falls, WI · RIVER FALLS, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9121CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750328010979A
- Case key
- 148136
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1046 75/3/28 RIVER FALLS,WI CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 988 TIME - 1535 N9121C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 764 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIANAPOLIS,IN MINNEAPOLIS,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 30 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- AFTR LNDG PLT NOTED FUEL VENT WAS FULL OF ICE.LNDD IN SNOW CVRD FLD.FCST INCLDD LIGHT ICING IN CLD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9121C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.