- Date
- February 8, 1976
- Place
- Lino Lakes, MN · LINO LAKES, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5797NPiper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760208002189A
- Case key
- 152842
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0291 76/2/8 LINO LAKES,MN PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 563 TIME - 1330 N5797N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 67 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINO LAKES,MN ANOKA,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- OFF APT OPER,SNOW COVERED FLD.HIT TREE ON TAKEOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5797N
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5797NRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5797N · 1
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