- Date
- September 11, 1966
- Place
- Bagley, MN · BAGLEY, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N98502Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120810
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3273 66/9/11 BAGLEY MINN PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 133 TIME - 1515 N98502 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM PASTURE.GRASS 12 INCHES HIGH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98502
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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