- Date
- June 2, 1975
- Place
- Elizabeth, MN · ELIZABETH, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5463HPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750602019659A
- Case key
- 149281
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1672 75/6/2 ELIZABETH,MN PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 2350 TIME - 1805 N5463H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FERGUS FALLS,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- ACFT IN STEEP CLBG TURN TO L FOLLOWED BY STEEP DIVE TO GND.ACFT PREV FLYING 10-12FT OVR RR TRACKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5463H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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