- Date
- August 7, 1980
- Place
- Lake Winnebago, MO · LAKE WINNEBAGO, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4137VCessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800807035549A
- Case key
- 129983
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1703 80/8/7 NR.LAKE WINNEBAGO,MO CESSNA 170 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 4570 TIME - 2013 N4137V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 750 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE WINNEBAGO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE WINNEBAGO,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DETERIORATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CORN FIELD.FUEL TANK CAP O RING SEALS,AN-6227-10,HARDENED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4137V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lake Winnebago
N4137VRegistration cancelled Nov 15, 2013 · Cessna 170Airframe modelCessna 170Engine modelContinental C145 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4137V · 1
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