- Date
- July 5, 1970
- Place
- Pennock, MN · PENNOCK, MN
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110401
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3179 70/7/5 PENNOCK,MINN AERONCA 7AC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 363 TIME - 1025 N85540 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 3 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIXTA STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLMAR,MINN PENNOCK,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND REMARKS- SAW C-34 TAXI ONTO RWY,STOP.THOUGHT HOLDING.LNDD ON TOP OF C-34.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3179 70/7/5 PENNOCK,MINN CESSNA C-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 467 TIME - 1025 N12599 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 370 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIXTA STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PENNOCK,MINN MINNEAPOLIS,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- AERONCA 7AC LNDD ON TOP OF C-34.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N12599
- Reported as
- Cessna C-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sixta Strip
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N85540
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sixta Strip
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.