- Date
- July 8, 1971
- Place
- Big Fork, MN · BIG FORK, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N80613Globe GC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162499
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2569 71/7/8 BIG FORK,MINN GLOBE GC-1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 1320 TIME - 1120 N80613 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 275 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MINNEAPOLIS,MINN KENORA,CAN GRAND RAPIDS,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 330 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- CRASH LANDED IN SWAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80613
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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