- Date
- April 6, 1976
- Place
- Forest Lake, MN · FOREST LAKE, MN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19760406011512A19760406011511A
- Case key
- 153537
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0874 76/4/6 FOREST LAKE,MN BOEING E-75 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 145 TIME - 1845 N66519 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FOREST LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FOREST LAKE,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- SECTION OF PIPER R WING AND AILERON FOUND ENTANGLED IN BOEING OUTBOARD WING STRUTS.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0874 76/4/6 FOREST LAKE,MN PIPER J-3 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1845 N22996 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 32, 4965 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FOREST LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FOREST LAKE,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N22996
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Forest Lake
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N66519
- Reported as
- Boeing E-75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Forest Lake
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.