- Date
- January 23, 1977
- Place
- Rice Lake, WI · RICE LAKE, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1782DCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770123001249A
- Case key
- 157062
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0090 77/1/23 NR.RICE LAKE,WI CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 81 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N1782D PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RICE LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICE LAKE,WI CHIPPEWA FALLS,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- UNABLE TO OBTAIN FLYING SPEED ON FIELD WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1782D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rice Lake
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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.