- Date
- March 9, 1968
- Place
- Wadena, MN · WADENA, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9089JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111689
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0636 68/3/9 WADENA,MINN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 53 TOTAL TIME - 1830 N9089J PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WADENA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 28 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 338 18 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT REPORTD WIND NNW 18K GUSTING 25K,LNDED RNWY 27. RNWYS 31 AND 36 AVAILABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9089J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wadena
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