- Date
- July 4, 1981
- Place
- Oconomowoc, WI · OCONOMOWOC, WI
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N35491Cessna 172I
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810704045539A
- Case key
- 124581
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1926 81/7/4 OCONOMOWOC,WI CESSNA 172I CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 183 TIME - 1400 N35491 PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 152 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCONOMOWOC,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FUEL HAD MOTOR OCTANE RATING OF 81.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35491
- Reported as
- Cessna 172I
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Private
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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.