- Date
- October 26, 1971
- Place
- Hovland, MN · HOVLAND, MN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9881XCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1983
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19711026050009A
- Case key
- 164636
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4543 71/10/26 HOVLAND,MN CESSNA 185 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 350 TIME - 1645 N9881X PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH FOWL LAKE,MN DEVIL TRACK LAKE,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- VISIBILITY REPORTED LESS THAN 1/2 MI WHEN ACFT DEPARTED NORTH FOWL LAKE. ACFT FOUND 5/24/83.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9881X
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9881X · 2
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