# NTSB MKC66A0025: Cessna 180, N2281C, Bemidji, MN, October 13, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 13, 1965
- Place: Bemidji, MN · BEMIDJI, MN
- Location: 47.4870° N, 94.8827° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bemidji, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4870&lon=-94.8827&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 7, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175847
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC66A0025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66A0025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0873  65/10/13   BEMIDJI,MINN        CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 6000
        TIME - 0800                    N2281C              PX-  1  1  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GRASS LAKE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIRAL                                            TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- PILOT SAW FROST ON AIRFRAME BUT DECIDED IT WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2281C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2281C-1965-11-12), registration cancelled 1965-11-12, S/N 30581 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Grass Lake

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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