- Date
- November 9, 1967
- Place
- St.Charles, MN · ST.CHARLES, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N88173Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113689
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4365 67/11/9 ST.CHARLES,MINN PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 74 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N88173 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- T/O FROM SHORT UPSLOPE FIELD. PLT DOVE ACFT INTO GROUND TO AVOID TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88173
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage