- Date
- March 15, 1979
- Place
- Tipton, IA · TIPTON, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N759GUCessna 182Q
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790315006089A
- Case key
- 137488
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0544 79/3/15 TIPTON,IA CESSNA 182Q CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 2500 TIME - 2010 N759GU PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 555 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUINCY,IL CALEDONIA,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT REMARKS- BATTERY CAUGHT FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N759GU
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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