- Date
- October 26, 1977
- Place
- Camp Ripley, MN · CAMP RIPLEY, MN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N18874Beech C-24R
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771026036579A
- Case key
- 144803
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3405 77/10/26 CAMP RIPLEY,MN BEECH C-24R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 331 TIME - 1550 N18874 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 158 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAY S MILLER FLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAMP RIPLEY,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- MISTOOK GRASSY AREA ON AIRPORT FOR THE SOD RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18874
- Reported as
- Beech C-24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ray S Miller Fld
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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