19831107057229A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Tcraft BC12-D · Gatzke, MN · November 7, 1983

Date
November 7, 1983 · 15:30 local
Place
Gatzke, MN
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N95180
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI84LA043
Reported as
Tcraft BC12D
Reported engine
Continental A65*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
230 total158 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Lost altitude and crashed in a swamp when a wing hit the surface in a low altitude descending turn.

As the FAA filed it

LOST ALTITUDE AND CRASHED IN A SWAMP WHEN A WING HIT THE SURFACE IN A LOW ALTITUDE DESCENDING TURN.

NTSB investigation

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