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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Fergus Falls, MN · August 10, 1974

Date
August 10, 1974
Place
Fergus Falls, MN
Airport
Fergus Falls Municipal
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5278Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC75AK012
Reported as
Piper PA23250
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
7
Pilot’s flight hours
673 total61 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Loss of cntrl at an alt too low to recover.

As the FAA filed it

LOSS OF CNTRL AT AN ALT TOO LOW TO RECOVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.