- Date
- April 18, 1977
- Place
- Erskine, MN · ERSKINE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9252HCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770418009549A
- Case key
- 157481
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0817 77/4/18 ERSKINE,MN CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 34 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N9252H PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAK LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GRAND FORKS,ND ROUND ROBIN FOSSTON,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- PLOWED GROUND ADJACENT TO UNMARKED GRASS RWY MISTAKEN FOR HARD SURFACE RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9252H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oak Lake
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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.