- Date
- March 2, 1969
- Place
- Choteau, MT · CHOTEAU, MT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2447FCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190843
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0468 69/3/2 CHOTEAU,MONT CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 9036 TIME - 1400 N2447F PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5121 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ICY REMARKS- LANDED ON ICY ROAD,HIT TELEPHONE POLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2447F
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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