# Accident 20131028020239A: Piper PA-22-150, Princeton, MN, October 28, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2013, 12:45 local time
- Place: Princeton, MN
- Airport: Princeton Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5600° N, 93.6097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5600&lon=-93.6097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4803A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4803A-2018-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 570 total, 45 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131028020239A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE DEPARTED RUNWAY 33 AT PMN AND IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET TO THE WEST OF THE APPROXIMATE MID POINT OF RUNWAY 33 IN A WOODED AREA.  AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN HEADING IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION ACCORDING TO THE IMPACT MARKS.  AIRCRAFT ENDED UP WITH THE NOSE AT APPROXIMATELY 75 DEGREE HEADING.  AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY WHAT APPEARS TO BE A POST IMPACT FIRE.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN14LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA028), Oct 28, 2013: Piper PA 22-150 (N4803A), Princeton, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control during takeoff.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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