- Date
- October 4, 1980
- Place
- Whitebear Lake, MN · WHITEBEAR LAKE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6761Great Lakes Baby
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801004057209A
- Case key
- 127974
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3408 80/10/4 WHITEBEAR LAKE,MN GREAT LAKES BABY CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N6761 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 36, 1301 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 58 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BENSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITEBEAR LAKE,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 50 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6761
- Reported as
- Great Lakes Baby
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Benson
N6761Registration cancelled Aug 29, 1990 · Scott BABY GREAT LAKESAirframe modelScott BABY GREAT LAKES
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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.