- Date
- July 27, 1979
- Place
- Rockwood, WI · ROCKWOOD, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1862VCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790727028469A
- Case key
- 133776
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3696 79/7/27 ROCKWOOD,WI CESSNA 172M CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 895 TIME - 1750 N1862V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 665 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MANITOWOC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANITOWOC,WI OSHKOSH,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY REMARKS- PLT UN FLY ATC VECTORS.3/4EMPTY VODKA BOTTLE FOUND ONBOARD.PLT TAKING 3 VALIUM PER DAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1862V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Manitowoc
N1862VRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2009 · Cessna 172MAirframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.