- Date
- September 17, 1978
- Place
- Belle Plaine, MN · BELLE PLAINE, MN
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8241SCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780917040529A
- Case key
- 139409
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3897 78/9/17 BELLE PLAINE,MN CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 33, TIME - 1739 N8241S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 67 TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELLE PLAINE,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8241S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Private Airstrip
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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.