- Date
- December 22, 1972
- Place
- Grand Forks, ND · GRAND FORKS, ND
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- CF-TWWPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169755
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0013 72/12/22 NR.GRAND FORKS,N DAK PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1610 CF-TWW PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 33, 1020 TOTAL HOURS, 220 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND FORKS,N DAK WATERTOWN, S DAK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED REMARKS- ENCTRD CLDS AND INST COND,DRG CLB TO VFR COND HIT UNK OBJECT AT 2300FT MSL,R WING BENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CF-TWW
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage