- Date
- May 23, 1975
- Place
- Sauk Center, MN · SAUK CENTER, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3048ACessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750523016889A
- Case key
- 149282
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1673 75/5/23 SAUK CENTER,MN CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 67, 1013 TIME - 1440 N3048A PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 715 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAUK CENTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP OLATHE,KS SAUK CENTER,MN SPENCER,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 70 160 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 21K.R WING STRUCK THE GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3048A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sauk Center
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3048A · 1
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