- Date
- March 4, 1975
- Place
- Northfield, MN · NORTHFIELD, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4837EChampion 7EC
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750304003999A
- Case key
- 147835
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0431 75/3/4 NORTHFIELD,MN CHAMPION 7EC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 258 TIME - 1510 N4837E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WENDLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTHFIELD,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RAMP/TAXIWAY REMARKS- APLD BRAKES ACFT SLID L AND THEN STRUCK A SNOWBANK ADJ TO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4837E
- Reported as
- Champion 7EC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wendland
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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.
Other investigations on N4837E · 1
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