# NTSB CHI82FA206: Mcclary Mong Sport, N5099, Cedar, MN, June 13, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 12, 1982, 19:00 local (Jun 13, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Cedar, MN
- Location: 45.3197° N, 93.2861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3197&lon=-93.2861&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 12, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70164
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82FA206
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70164/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA206

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - maneuver - performed, pilot in command
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - pull-up - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT ENTER A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE & SLOW SPIRAL FROM WHICH THE ACFT DID NOT RECOVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5099](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5099-2012-06-13), registration cancelled 2012-06-13, S/N 1001, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCCLARY MONG SPORT
- Registry model: [Mong Sport BI-PLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/mong-sport-bi-plane) (registry code 57901DX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1001
- Airframe hours: 142
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820612021579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820612021579A), Jun 12, 1982: Amtrmg MONGSPORT*, Cedar, MN, Destroyed. Indicates pilot stalled aircraft in a steep nose-up turn and failed to recover from resulting spiral.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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