- Date
- September 20, 1973
- Place
- Osage, MN · OSAGE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3071NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730920035959A
- Case key
- 188050
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3491 73/9/20 OSAGE,MINN CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1045 TIME - 0545 N3071N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1042 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARDUNG PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OSAGE,MINN DILWORTH,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT ENCOUNTERED FOG ON CLIMBOUT FROM PVT STRIP.CONDENSATION ON WINDSHIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3071N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hardung Private
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.