- Date
- October 29, 1965
- Place
- Maple Plain, MN · MAPLE PLAIN, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6345ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174292
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3750 65/10/29 MAPLE PLAIN MINN CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 100 TIME - 1630 N6345E PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION ON FARM FIELD OF INADEQUATE LENGTH TO CLEAR OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6345E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.