- Date
- December 6, 1970
- Place
- Lake Elmo, MN · LAKE ELMO, MN
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4050XAero Comdr 100
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159354
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2269 70/12/6 LAKE ELMO,MINN AERO COMDR 100 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1245 N4050X PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS AGE 29, 1798 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE ELMO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE ELMO,MINN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- APPLIED FULL FLAPS,MADE STEEP CLIMB,DUMPED FLAPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4050X
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lake Elmo
N4050XRegistration cancelled Mar 5, 1997 · Aero Commander 100-180Airframe modelAero Commander 100-180
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.