- Date
- June 2, 1980
- Place
- Deerpark, WI · DEERPARK, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8738MBeech 23
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800602017929A
- Case key
- 136381
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1784 80/6/2 DEERPARK,WI BEECH 23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 278 TIME - 2000 N8738M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE ELMO,MN DEERPARK,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- ATMTD LNDG ON GRAVEL ROAD.L WING HIT UNDERGROWTH WHEN PLT STEERED L TO AVOID METAL SIGN ON RGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8738M
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8738MRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2018 · Beech 23Airframe modelBeech 23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.