- Date
- August 1, 1981
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N4988ECessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810801090249A
- Case key
- 123545
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3115 81/8/1 MISSING AIRCRAFT CESSNA 180 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 206 TIME - UNK/NR N4988E PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAND LAKE,MN OSKOSH,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ACFT DMG & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4988E
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4988ERegistration cancelled Dec 10, 2012 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4988E · 1
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