- Date
- September 7, 1976
- Place
- Park Rapids, MN · PARK RAPIDS, MN
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N33454Cessna 305A
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760907030859A
- Case key
- 155806
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2914 76/9/7 PARK RAPIDS,MN CESSNA 305A CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1156 TIME - 1525 N33454 PX- 0 1 0 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PARK RAPIDS,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ROUGH WATER WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 25000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 97 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- BRIEFED BY LOCAL AIRPORT OPERATOR ON WIND CONDITIONS AND ROUGH WATER FOR SEAPLANE OPS-GUSTING 32K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33454
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.