- Date
- February 2, 1980
- Place
- Square Lake, MN · SQUARE LAKE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N76542Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800202001939A
- Case key
- 132037
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1085 80/2/2 SQUARE LAKE,MN CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 64 TOTAL TIME - 1515 N76542 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SQUARE LAKE,MN LAKE ELMO,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- ROLLING SNOW COVERED FARM FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76542
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Farm Field
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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.
Other investigations on N76542 · 1
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