- Date
- July 27, 1979
- Place
- Sheboygen, WI · SHEBOYGEN, WI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7540VCessna 177RG
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790727030219A
- Case key
- 134128
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2506 79/7/27 SHEBOYGEN,WI CESSNA 177RG CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 139 TIME - 1810 N7540V PX- 2 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELL'S AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MILWAUKEE,WI LAKE GENEVA,WI SHEBOYGEN,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH BILLBOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7540V
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bell'S Airport
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.