- Date
- April 11, 1978
- Place
- Sauk Center, MN · SAUK CENTER, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6381RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780411013099A
- Case key
- 141990
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1686 78/4/11 SAUK CENTER,MN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 24 TOTAL TIME - 1745 N6381R PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAUK CENTER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAUK CENTER,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6381R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sauk Center Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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