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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bbavia STC7 · Bigfork, MN · February 7, 1987

Date
February 7, 1987 · 12:30 local
Place
Bigfork, MN
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4715E
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI87LA080
Reported as
Bbavia STC7
Reported engine
Continental C9012F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
84 total64 in this make and model29 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.

The ski equipped plane hit a fish house on takeoff from a frozen lake. The pilot misjudged the effect of wet snow.

As the FAA filed it

THE SKI EQUIPPED PLANE HIT A FISH HOUSE ON TAKEOFF FROM A FROZEN LAKE. THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE EFFECT OF WET SNOW.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N4715E · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.