- Date
- February 2, 1980
- Place
- Lake Leelanau, MI · LAKE LEELANAU, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2406CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800202002459A
- Case key
- 132273
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0040 80/2/2 LAKE LEELANAU,MI CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 3104 TIME - 1515 N2406C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1746 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRAVERSE CITY,MI LAKE LEELANAU,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- FROZEN LAKE COVERED WITH EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2406C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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 N2406C · 1
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