- Date
- December 7, 1981
- Place
- Hackensack, MN · HACKENSACK, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N42DRRutan EZ
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811207079099A
- Case key
- 122639
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3488 81/12/7 HACKENSACK,MN RUTAN EZ CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 5730 TIME - 0655 N42DR PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLSEN-WEBB LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HACKENSACK,MN CRYSTAL,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- TRACKS ON RWY LED TO 3IN HIGH ICE FORMATION 6-80OFT FM APP END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42DR
- Reported as
- Rutan EZ
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Olsen-Webb Lake
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.