ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 38129
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| Date: | Friday 11 June 1999 |
| Time: | 08:12 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub |
| Owner/operator: | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) |
| Registration: | N305NR |
| MSN: | 18-7709127 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7067 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Baudette, MN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Aerial patrol |
| Departure airport: | near the Red Lake Wildlife Management Area, MN |
| Bemidji Regional Airport, MN (BJI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On June 11, 1999, at approximately 0812 central daylight time (All times cdt), a Piper PA-18-150, N305NR, operated by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), was destroyed when the airplane impacted the ground about 22 miles south of Baudette, Minnesota. The commercial pilot and other crewmember received fatal injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 public use flight departed the private DNR airstrip near the Red Lake Wildlife Management Area, Baudette, Minnesota, at 0700 on a wildlife observation flight. The Bemidji/Beltrami County Airport (BJI), Bemidji, Minnesota, was the destination. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed.
The airplane impacted the marsh in a nearly vertical nose down attitude. The propeller and engine were buried in about three feet of water and mud. The wings and tail cone remained attached to the fuselage and were in a vertical position. The leading edges of the left and right wings exhibited leading edge crush along the entire span of the wings. The tail cone was buckled forward. Flight control continuity was established from the cockpit to the flight controls. The examination of the engine revealed no pre-impact anomalies. The propeller blades exhibited chordwise scratching and nicks in the leading edges of the blades. The pilot had approximately 167 flight hours in the accident airplane. He had demonstrated his proficiency with stalls and slow flight in the accident airplane when he had his Biennial Flight Review on April 25, 1999. The airplane's stall warning horn had been deactivated soon after it was obtained in 1977. The airplane's total time was 7,067 hours. The moose telemetry flights were conducted between 200 to 500 feet agl.
Probable Cause: the pilot inadvertently stalled the airplane. A factor was the low altitude.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X18932&key=1
Images:
Photos: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 14-Dec-2017 08:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2022 06:27 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
| 13-Oct-2022 06:28 | Captain Adam | Updated [Departure airport, Photo] |
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