- Date
- January 5, 1975
- Place
- Vermillion, MN · VERMILLION, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97369Stinson 108
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750105001289A
- Case key
- 147016
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0037 75/1/5 VERMILLION,MN STINSON 108 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 96 TOTAL TIME - 2330 N97369 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARSHFIELD,WI ST PAUL,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: REGULATOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- OVERFLEW ARPT AFTR ELECT FAILURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97369
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N97369Registration cancelled Dec 31, 2023 · Stinson 108Airframe modelStinson 108Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 series
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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.