- Date
- February 4, 1979
- Place
- Tonka Bay, MN · TONKA BAY, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N744DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137881
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0293 79/2/4 TONKA BAY,MN PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 770 TIME - 1705 N744D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 305 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TONKA BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TONKA BAY,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N744D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tonka Bay