Accident Piper PA-22-150 N9198D, Sunday 14 December 1986

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Date:	Sunday 14 December 1986
Time:	00:20 LT
Type:	Piper PA-22-150
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N9198D
MSN:	22-6257
Year of manufacture:	1958
Total airframe hrs:	5518 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-320-A1A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Mcgrath, MN - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Grand Forks, ND (GFK
Destination airport:	Sirlen, WI (Y52)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
AFTER DESCENDING TO MAINTAIN VFR AND ACCUMULATING CLEAR ICE ON BOTH THE STRUCTURE AND WINDSCREEN, THE PLT DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. DURING LANDING IN AN OPEN AREA, THE LEFT WING STRUCK TWO APPLE TREES AND THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. AFTER THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT CONTACTED A TRACTOR SCOOP AND SLID TO A STOP WITHIN 'INCHES' OF A FARM BUILDING. THE PLT HAD RECEIVED A COMPLETE FSS WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEPARTING GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA.

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