# NTSB MKC72DER44: Cessna U206, N9472G, Maple Plain, MN, February 26, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 26, 1972
- Place: Maple Plain, MN · MAPLE PLAIN, MN
- Location: 45.0086° N, 93.6624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maple Plain, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0086&lon=-93.6624&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166450
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC72DER44
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC72DER44

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1389  72/2/26  NR.MAPLE PLAIN,MINN   CESSNA U206         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 30, 230
        TIME - 1200                    N9472G              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE INDEPENDENCE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LAKE INDEPENDENCE           LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        REMARKS- STRIP WAS CLEARED AREA ON FROZEN LAKE.SNOWMOBILE DROVE ONTO STRIP,PLT TURNED INTO SNOWBANK AT SIDE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9472G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9472G-1980-09-23), registration cancelled 1980-09-23, S/N U20601672 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206e) (registry code 2073350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lake Independence

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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