- Date
- September 16, 1973
- Place
- Ulen, MN · ULEN, MN
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N72606Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730916034449A
- Case key
- 188109
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3359 73/9/16 ULEN,MINN CESSNA 120 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 803 TIME - 1245 N72606 PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FEVIG PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ULEN,MINN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- ACFT HIT GND ON L LDG GR.PLT SVCD ACFT WITH 3-4 GAL FROM CAN CONT FUEL FOUND TO BE AUTOMOTIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72606
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fevig Private
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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.