- Date
- January 15, 1988, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Red Lake Falls, MN
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8122UCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880115008309A
- Case key
- 14034
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
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Low pass - performedCause
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8122U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17252022
- Airframe hours
- 5,435
- Engine
- Continental O-300-C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marcel D. Vaudrin
- Registered owner
- Red Lake Falls Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 12, 1987
- Departed
- D81 · Red Lake Falls, MN
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 270 total · 73 in this make and model · 155 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.