- Date
- December 16, 1973
- Place
- Rochester, MN · ROCHESTER, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1549JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731216041989A
- Case key
- 187487
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3876 73/12/16 ROCHESTER,MINN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 19, 32 TOTAL TIME - 1507 N1549J PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCHESTER MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCHESTER,MINN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- CLR LND BEHIND 707 ACFT CAUTIONED WAKE TURB.PART 1 AIM CVRS WAKE TURB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1549J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rochester Mun
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.