Piper PA-18-150 N305NR

Summary

On 11 June 1999 at about 13:12 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N305NR was involved in an accident near Baudette, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 June 1999 at 13:12

Classification

Accident

Location

Baudette, Minnesota, United States

Coordinates

48.7091, -94.5804

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N305NR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Public Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Bemidji

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI99GA185

2 people died.

the pilot inadvertently stalled the airplane. A factor was the low altitude.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.