# NTSB MKC66F0159: Cessna 180, N3156C, Bigfork, MN, July 16, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 16, 1965
- Place: Bigfork, MN · BIGFORK, MN
- Location: 47.7476° N, 93.6540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bigfork, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7476&lon=-93.6540&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 21, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176532
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC66F0159
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66F0159

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2246  65/7/16    BIGFORK MINN        CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 26, 408
        TIME - 1815                    N3156C              PX-  0  0  1  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 281 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BIGFORK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED
        REMARKS- THROTTLE CONTROL ARM SEPARATED FROM CARBURETOR SHAFT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3156C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3156C), registered now, S/N 30955, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bigfork

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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