- Date
- October 19, 1979
- Place
- Wheaton, MN · WHEATON, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N29486Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791019030409A
- Case key
- 133585
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2728 79/10/19 WHEATON,MN CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 209 TIME - 2100 N29486 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 96 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHEATON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALEXANDRIA,MN WHEATON,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- VASI INSTALLED,NOT OPERATING.WND GUSTING 24KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29486
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wheaton Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N29486 · 1
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