- Date
- March 4, 1973
- Place
- Eveleth, MN · EVELETH, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3653CCessna 180C
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730304013759A
- Case key
- 170490
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1223 73/3/4 EVELETH,MINN CESSNA 180C CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 65 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N3653C PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EVELETH-VIRGINIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EVELETH,MINN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS REMARKS- RETRACTABLE SKI-WHEEL EQUIPPED.JUMPED SNOWBANK LOST CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3653C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eveleth-Virginia
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.