19751229041639A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Windom, MN · December 29, 1975

Date
December 29, 1975
Place
Windom, MN
Airport
Windom Municipal
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N471XT
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC76DER44
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
930 total93 in this make and model23 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.

Drg return to lnd lost sight of rwy on dnwnd. Lost gnd reference drg turn to final.

As the FAA filed it

DRG RETURN TO LND LOST SIGHT OF RWY ON DNWND.LOST GND REFERENCE DRG TURN TO FINAL.

NTSB investigation

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