- Date
- December 31, 1973
- Place
- Wilber, NE · WILBER, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2447NCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731231040229A
- Case key
- 187430
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4045 73/12/31 WILBER,NEBR CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1763 TIME - 1545 N2447N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1529 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILBER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRETE,NEBR WILBER,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- GR BROKE THRU CRUST OF 4-6 IN SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2447N
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wilber
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.