- Date
- November 2, 1980
- Place
- Westfield, WI · WESTFIELD, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7686GCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801102063939A
- Case key
- 128424
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3078 80/11/2 NR.WESTFIELD,WI CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 198 TIME - 1653 N7686G PX- 1 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTFIELD,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- UPHILL TKOF FM DIRT RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7686G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mca
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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.