- Date
- September 15, 1981
- Place
- Minot, ND · MINOT, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N180WPPietsch GJ
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810915085679A
- Case key
- 122977
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3141 81/9/15 MINOT,ND PIETSCH GJ CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 5500 TIME - 1800 N180WP PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINOT,ND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- LEADING EDGE OF L WING & 4 INBOARD RIBS COMPRESSED UPWARD.CONVERTED TAYLORCRAFT GJ ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N180WP
- Reported as
- Pietsch GJ
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Airstrip
N180WPRegistered now · Pietsch Warren TAYLORCRAFT GJAirframe modelPietsch Warren TAYLORCRAFT GJEngine modelLycoming 0-360-A1D
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.