- Date
- February 3, 1977
- Place
- Glenwood City, WI · GLENWOOD CITY, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8121UCessna 172F
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770203002919A
- Case key
- 157134
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0368 77/2/3 GLENWOOD CITY,WI CESSNA 172F CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 55, 450 TIME - 0940 N8121U PX- 0 0 1 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAR-O-DAE FARMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLENWOOD CITY,WI EAU CLAIRE,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8121U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mar-O-Dae Farms
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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