Cessna 175A N6978E

4 November 1980 · Broken Bow, Nebraska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 November 1980 at about 11:30 local time, a Cessna 175A registered N6978E was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Broken Bow, Nebraska, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 4 November 1980 at 11:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska, United States
Nearest airport: Broken Bow Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 175A
Registration: N6978E
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3143

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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EXHAUST VALVE STUCK OPEN.

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No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3143, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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