- Date
- October 2, 1965
- Place
- Baudette, MN · BAUDETTE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N87812Piper J3-S
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178920
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3466 65/10/2 BAUDETTE MINN PIPER J3-S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 210 TIME - 0800 N87812 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 40 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 40 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT. WIND GUSTING TO 40 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87812
- Reported as
- Piper J3-S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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