- Date
- January 25, 1981
- Place
- Webb Lake, MN · WEBB LAKE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2174APiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810125002239A
- Case key
- 127027
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0584 81/1/25 WEBB LAKE,MN PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 5153 TIME - 1920 N2174A PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLSON WEBB LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINNEAPOLIS,MN WEBB LAKE,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 26 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT UTILIZING PRIVATELY OWNED NDB TRANSMITTER NOT LICENSED BY FCC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2174A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Olson Webb Lake
N2174ARegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2014 · Piper PA-32RT-300TAirframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300TEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2174A · 1
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