- Date
- July 30, 1978
- Place
- Mud Butte, SD · MUD BUTTE, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6986ECessna 175A
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780730028019A
- Case key
- 140142
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2490 78/7/30 MUD BUTTE,SD CESSNA 175A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 86 TOTAL TIME - 1230 N6986E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 56 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MUD BUTTE,SD CASPER,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DENSITY ALTITUDE APPROXIMATELY 4600FT.ROUGH SOD STRIP WITH 6-8IN GRASS & APPROX 1% UPHILL RISE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6986E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Strip
N6986ERegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2009 · Cessna 175AAirframe modelCessna 175AEngine modelContinental GO-300 series
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Other investigations on N6986E · 1
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