- Date
- July 26, 1981
- Place
- Superior, WI · SUPERIOR, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N70049Cessna A185E
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810726045119A
- Case key
- 125032
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1685 81/7/26 SUPERIOR,WI CESSNA A185E CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 44, 3059 TIME - 2045 N70049 PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 1840 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - APOLLO DROP ZONE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUPERIOR,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- ATMTD TKOF FM UNLGTD RWY.R WING HIT TREE APRX 55FT LEFT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70049
- Reported as
- Cessna A185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Apollo Drop Zone
N70049Registration cancelled Dec 2, 2014 · Cessna A185EAirframe modelCessna A185EEngine modelContinental IO-520 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.