- Date
- June 4, 1969
- Place
- N.West Angle, MN · N.WEST ANGLE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2479FCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174670
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1765 69/6/4 N.WEST ANGLE,MINN CESSNA 180 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 5640 TIME - 1107 N2479F PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 5620 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED. MAKING FOOD DROP TO ISOLATED CAMP. CRASHED IN SWAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2479F
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2479FRegistration cancelled Dec 16, 2010 · Cessna 180HAirframe modelCessna 180HEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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