- Date
- August 24, 1972
- Place
- Anoka, MN · ANOKA, MN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5271ECessna 180B
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167567
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2267 72/8/24 NR.ANOKA,MINN CESSNA 180B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N5271E PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 47, 4647 TOTAL HOURS, 50 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CIRCLE PINES,MINN EVELETH,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LOST CTL IN CONTINUOUS R TURN DURING RADAR VECTOR. GYRO INST MALFUNCTION AT UNDETERMINED TIME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5271E
- Reported as
- Cessna 180B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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