- Date
- December 22, 1978
- Place
- Dodgeville, WI · DODGEVILLE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N78428Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781222040839A
- Case key
- 138421
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3794 78/12/22 NR.DODGEVILLE,WI CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 51, 30 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N78428 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DODGEVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OTTUMWA,IA MILBANK,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH SIGN TO LEFT SIDE OF APPROACH END OF RY. FLT NOT AUTHZD BY FLT INSTRUCTOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78428
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dodgeville Muni
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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 N78428 · 1
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