- Date
- March 8, 1978
- Place
- Caledonia, MN · CALEDONIA, MN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N201BKMooney M20J
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780308013029A
- Case key
- 143434
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1685 78/3/8 CALEDONIA,MN MOONEY M20J CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 503 TIME - 2230 N201BK PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 165 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOUSTON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST PAUL,MN CALEDONIA,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N201BK
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Houston County
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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.