- Date
- November 20, 1979
- Place
- Middle River, MN · MIDDLE RIVER, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5035ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791120033309A
- Case key
- 133054
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3065 79/11/20 MIDDLE RIVER,MN PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 43, 130 TIME - 1600 N5035Z PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 92 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HONKER FLATS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION THIEF RIVER,MN MIDDLE RIVER,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- ATTEMPTED LNDG ON RWY COVERED W 4 IN OF HARD SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5035Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Honker Flats
N5035ZRegistered now · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5035Z · 3
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