- Date
- April 13, 1969
- Place
- St Cloud, MN · ST CLOUD, MN
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4141WPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187833
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0915 69/4/13 ST CLOUD,MINN PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2220 N4141W PX- 0 0 5 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 32, 3365 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 126 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITNEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- SELECTED UNPLOWED,UNLIGHTED RNWY.L GR BROKE OFF.LANDED AT FARGO,N.D.WITH ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4141W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Whitney
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