- Date
- August 8, 1977
- Place
- Lakeville, MN · LAKEVILLE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3146Wendt WH-1
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770808042399A
- Case key
- 145564
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4020 77/8/8 LAKEVILLE,MN WENDT WH-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 643 TIME - 0615 N3146 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 403 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIRLAKE INDUST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKEVILLE,MN LAWTON,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- FLT PHASE UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3146
- Reported as
- Wendt WH-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Airlake Indust
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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.