- Date
- March 6, 1977
- Place
- Backus, MN · BACKUS, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5496HCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770306008279A
- Case key
- 157539
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0656 77/3/6 BACKUS,MN CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 196 TIME - 1115 N5496H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BACKUS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BACKUS,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5496H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Backus
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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.