- Date
- August 24, 1970
- Place
- Duluth, MN · DULUTH, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6250HPiper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191066
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3395 70/8/24 DULUTH,MINN PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 257 TIME - 1815 N6250H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 220 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DULUTH,MINN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- TKOF FRM LAKE,APRX 1/2 USABLE,CTL ZONE.UN CLEAR HILL,HIT PWR LINE DRG TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6250H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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