- Date
- July 12, 1982, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ranier, MI
- Coordinates
- 48.6104, -93.3510 (estimated)
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N41039Piper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820712040699A
- Case key
- 72345
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Pilot stalled turning on final approach and crashed into water. No malfunctions found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41039
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5-1231
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David Hartie
- Registered owner
- David Hartie
- Departed
- 50Y · Ranier, MI
- Destination
- 50Y · Ranier, MI
- Airport
- 50Y · Ranier
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 220 total · 220 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 154 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.