- Date
- April 27, 1976
- Place
- Lake Geneva, WI · LAKE GENEVA, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2898RCessna 182K
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760427014479A
- Case key
- 153755
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1428 76/4/27 LAKE GENEVA,WI CESSNA 182K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 295 TIME - 1935 N2898R PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLAYBOY CLUB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE GENEVA,WI WONDER LAKE,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2898R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Playboy Club
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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.
Other investigations on N2898R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN01FA045Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportElbert, COthe pilot's continued visual flight rules (VFR) flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain. Contributing factors to the accident were the low clouds, reduced visibilities due to fog, and the…NTSB CHI97LA061Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEl Dorado, KSthe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. A factor relating to the accident was: the ditch, which the airplane contacted.