- Date
- March 26, 1971
- Place
- Vineland, MN · VINELAND, MN
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5503MAero Comdr 100
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160265
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0280 71/3/26 VINELAND,MINN AERO COMDR 100 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1900 N5503M PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 44, 749 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 484 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MINNEAPOLIS,MINN BEMIDJI,MINN BEMIDJI,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 29 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ATMTD FLT IN FCST ICING CONDS. ACFT ACCUMULATED STRUCTURAL ICE UNTIL UN MAINTAIN FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5503M
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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