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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper STCPA18 · Intl Falls, MN · October 25, 1986

Date
October 25, 1986 · 13:30 local
Place
Intl Falls, MN
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4875A
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI87FA012
Reported as
Piper STCPA18
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
563 total512 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.

The float equipped aircraft stalled at low altitude and impacted the ground. Pilot was operating at unsafe altitude.

As the FAA filed it

THE FLOAT EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT STALLED AT LOW ALTITUDE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.PILOT WAS OPERATING AT UNSAFE ALTITUDE.

NTSB investigation

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