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| Date: | Tuesday 1 March 1994 |
| Time: | 07:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 177RG |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2181Q |
| MSN: | 177RG0581 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6016 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-A1E6D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Longmont, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Montevideo, MN (MVE | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING INITIAL CLIMB FOLLOWING TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND IMPACTED TERRAIN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. EXAMINATION BY THE LOCAL POLICE, WITHIN 20 MINUTES FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT, PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF ICE ON ALL AIRCRAFT SURFACES. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD FAILED TO PROPERLY REMOVE ICE FROM THE AIRCRAFT.
Probable Cause: AN INADVERTENT STALL DUE TO IMPROPER PREFLIGHT AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY REMOVE ICE FROM THE AIRCRAFT. A FACTOR WAS AIRFRAME ICING.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW94LA088
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 August 1975 | N2181Q | 1 | Loveland, CO | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Mar-2024 11:11 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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