- Date
- July 7, 1976
- Place
- Eveleth, MN · EVELETH, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6099Starduster 2
- Status
- Completed · report November 11, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760707020089A
- Case key
- 154591
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2865 76/7/7 EVELETH,MN STARDUSTER 2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 142 TIME - 1745 N6099 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOWER,MN EVELETH,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- R WING STRUCK AN ALDER TREE ABT 15-20 FT ABV THE GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6099
- Reported as
- Starduster 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Harbor
N6099Registration cancelled Oct 2, 2012 · Anderson STARDUSTER TOO SA300Airframe modelAnderson STARDUSTER TOO SA300Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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 · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.