- Date
- May 13, 1973
- Place
- Stanton, MN · STANTON, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1015APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730513025889A
- Case key
- 189995
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2155 73/5/13 STANTON,MINN PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 1327 TIME - 1410 N1015A PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARLETON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STANTON,MINN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LND IN FARM FLD TO RETRIEVE GLIDER. WIND NORTHERLY,VELOCITY FOR PERIOD UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1015A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Carleton
FAA reports on this event · 1
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