- Date
- September 4, 1972
- Place
- Princeton, MN · PRINCETON, MN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3365ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167554
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1808 72/9/4 PRINCETON,MINN PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1055 N3365Z PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 35, 70 TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRINCETON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRINCETON,MINN MINNEAPOLIS,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 3 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PERS AT DEP AFLD TRIED TO DISSUADE PLT.FSS SAID VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED.NO OFFICIAL RECORD OF PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3365Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Princeton
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