- Date
- December 3, 1966
- Place
- Forest Lake, MN · FOREST LAKE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9034BChampion 7FC
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120602
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0894 66/12/3 FOREST LAKE MINN CHAMPION 7FC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 335 TIME - 1435 N9034B PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOURNEYS END TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT WAS DROPPING PROMOTIONAL OBJECTS DURING LOW ALTITUDE FLIGHT.ACFT NOSED INTO FROZEN LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9034B
- Reported as
- Champion 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Journeys End
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