- Date
- April 3, 1977
- Place
- Barrett, MN · BARRETT, MN
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9126DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770403011319A
- Case key
- 157923
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1404 77/4/3 BARRETT,MN PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 3542 TIME - 2040 N9126D PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 620 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BENSON,MN ELBOW LAKE,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 34 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- NOT EQUIPPED FOR ICING COND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9126D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9126DRegistration cancelled Nov 14, 2013 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9126D · 1
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