- Date
- June 12, 1982, 19:00 local (Jun 13, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5099Mcclary Mong Sport
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820612021579A
- Case key
- 70164
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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Maneuver - performed
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Pull-up - not performedCause
Analysis
Witnesses observed the acft enter a steep nose down attitude & slow spiral from which the acft did not recover.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5099
- Reported as
- Mcclary Mong Sport
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1001
- Airframe hours
- 142
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Theodore Petersen
- Registered owner
- Theodore Petersen
- Departed
- Cedar, MN
- Destination
- Cedar, MN
N5099Registration cancelled Jun 13, 2012 · Mong Sport BI-PLANEAirframe modelMong Sport BI-PLANEEngine modelContinental C85 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 3 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.