- Date
- April 3, 1985, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rush City, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5995DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850403013449A
- Case key
- 13036
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Analysis
The plt reported that he was taking off on rwy 33 with the wind from 280 deg a 18 gusting 25 KTS. After becoming airborne, the acft weathervaned into the wind. It then traveled to the left of the rwy where it settled back to the ground. Subsequently, the acft contacted a ditch & the nose gear collapsed before the acft came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5995D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4647
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walter D. Griepentrog
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 27, 1984
- Airport
- 54Y · Rush City Muni, runway 33, 3,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 108 total · 12 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 18 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 28,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 49 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.