- Date
- December 26, 1966
- Place
- Buyek, MN · BUYEK, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N72775Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119942
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4139 66/12/26 BUYEK MINN CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 120 TIME - 1300 N72775 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 112 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND REMARKS- TAILWHEEL STRUCK 3-FOOT SNOWBANK AT APPROACH END OF CLEARED AREA ON SNOW-COVERED,FROZEN LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72775
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N72775 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC00LA123Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportIliamna, AKA failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane. Factors in the accident were the passenger's inadvertent interference with the controls, and a ditch along the runway.NTSB MKC66F0378Accident · No injuriesClosedEveleth, MN