- Date
- February 14, 1971
- Place
- Buffalo, MN · BUFFALO, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3999Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160076
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0713 71/2/14 BUFFALO,MINN PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 433 TIME - 1730 N3999 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 92 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEDICINE LAKE,MINN BUFFALO,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- ABORTED TKOF DUE WET SNOW CLINGING TO SKIS.DRG TAXI R SKI HIT UNK OBJECT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3999
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage