- Date
- July 24, 1988, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Elbow Lake, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6590ZPiper PA-25
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880724035479A
- Case key
- 13889
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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.
Analysis
The pilot was practicing low level flight in preparation for his certification under 14 CFR 137 when the aircraft experienced a collision with wires. The aircraft was substantially damaged during this collision and the subsequent collision with trees and the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6590Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 252144
- Airframe hours
- 4,350
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1D5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Jennen, Richard
- Registered owner
- Richard John Jennen, II
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 1988 · 25 hours before
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 223 total · 23 in this make and model · 187 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.