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Unknown AVID FLYER N169AF

3 July 1987 · Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 3 July 1987 at about 17:20 local time, a Unknown AVID FLYER registered N169AF was involved in an accident near Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 17:20
Classification
Accident
Location
Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, United States
Nearest airport
Blackhawk Fld. (52C)
Coordinates
43.0807, -89.1991
Aircraft
Unknown AVID FLYER
Registration
N169AF
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI87DEP08

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ON RETURN FROM THE SECOND TEST FLIGHT IN THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER DESCENT RATE ON SHORT FINAL. AN ATTEMPT TO ADD POWER TO CORRECT THE SITUATION WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, AND THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON A HIGHWAY SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. IT THEN BOUNCED AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO A REST ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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