- Date
- August 29, 1978
- Place
- White Bear Lk, MN · WHITE BEAR LK, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6945ECessna 175A
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780829037569A
- Case key
- 139482
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4303 78/8/29 WHITE BEAR LK,MN CESSNA 175A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 61 TOTAL TIME - 0730 N6945E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BENSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LAKE ELMO,MN MINNEAPOLIS,MN WHITE BEAR LK,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6945E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Benson
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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.