# NTSB CHI79FEP45: Eaa Biplane P2, N14Z, Cottage Grove, WI, May 8, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: May 8, 1979
- Place: Cottage Grove, WI · COTTAGE GROVE, WI
- Location: 43.0924° N, 89.2052° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cottage Grove, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0924&lon=-89.2052&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report November 21, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 135406
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI79FEP45
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEP45

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2261   79/5/8    COTTAGE GROVE,WI    EAA BIPLANE P2      CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 31,
        TIME - 1450                    N14Z                PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          COTTAGE GROVE,WI            LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- EXPIRED STUDENT CERT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N14Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14Z-2011-04-18), registration cancelled 2011-04-18, S/N 1130-MB, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EAA BIPLANE P2
- Registry model: [Beyersdorf EAA BIPLANE P-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/beyersdorf-eaa-biplane-p-2) (registry code 33602TT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790508028729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790508028729A), May 8, 1979: Amtrea EAABIPLANEP2, Cottage Grove, WI, Substantial damage. Student pilot crashed while attempting low-level aerobatics. Student certificate and medical had expired.

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.

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