- Date
- October 3, 1977
- Place
- Belle Plaine, MN · BELLE PLAINE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N57753Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771003042569A
- Case key
- 144195
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4097 77/10/3 BELLE PLAINE,MN PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 16 TOTAL TIME - 1840 N57753 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELLE PLAINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDEN PRAIRIE,MN BELLE PLAINE,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57753
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Belle Plaine
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N57753 · 1
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