- Date
- November 20, 1976
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MN · GRAND RAPIDS, MN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8415PPiper PA-18N9603HCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19761120039412A19761120039411A
- Case key
- 152533
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3771 76/11/20 NR.GRAND RAPIDS,MN CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 76 TOTAL TIME - 1218 N9603H PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND RAPIDS,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT 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 CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 45 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3771 76/11/20 NR.GRAND RAPIDS,MN PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 599 TIME - 1218 N8415P PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 160 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BRAINERD,MN BRAINERD,MN HIBBING,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT 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 CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 45 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N8415P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Registration
- N9603H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.