ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 355748
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Date: | Saturday 14 June 1997 |
Time: | 13:20 LT |
Type: | Waco WMF |
Owner/operator: | Md Aero, Inc. |
Registration: | N820MM |
MSN: | F5C-056 |
Total airframe hrs: | 550 hours |
Engine model: | Jacobs R-755-B2M |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Longville, MN -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Minneapolis, MN (MIC |
Destination airport: | (D33) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot landed the airplane on runway 13. The airplane weathervaned to the right, and the pilot allowed it to exit the runway. In the area off the runway, the airplane impacted a ditch and nosed over. The pilot said he elected to land the airplane on runway 13 due to the indication of the windsock. He said that eyewitnesses approached him after the accident and said the windsock did not indicate the actual wind condition; they told him that the wind was from the northwest at 15 knots. About 5 minutes before the accident, a weather station (36 nautical miles southwest of the accident site) was reporting winds of 230 degrees at 6 knots with gusts to 16 knots. The same station recorded winds of 170 at 3 knots, 15 minutes after the accident.
Probable Cause: failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane. Factors relating to the accident were: the gusty wind condition and the ditch.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI97LA170 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI97LA170
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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