- Date
- August 11, 1966
- Place
- Fairmont, MN · FAIRMONT, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6675WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121847
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3342 66/8/11 FAIRMONT MINN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 63 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N6675W PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- LANDED ON FIELD OF 8-INCH HIGH ALFALFA.FAILED TO CLEAR ADJACENT CORN CROP ON SUBSEQUENT TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6675W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage