Piper PA-18-150 accident near Baudette, MN
On June 11, 1999, a Piper PA-18-150 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Baudette, MN. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 11, 1999
- Place
- Baudette, MN
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18-150 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 48.709°N, 94.580°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X18932
Official records · CHI99GA185
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
History of Flight 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. Records indicated N305NR was last fueled with 16.2 gallons of fuel at BJI where it was based. On June 11, 1999, the DNR pilot contacted the Automated Flight Service Station at Princeton, Minnesota, and received a weather brief. The pilot departed BJI at 0556 en route to the DNR's private airstrip near Baudette, Minnesota, and landed at 0644. The other crewmember, who operated the telemetry equipment used for tracking wildlife, boarded N305NR and it departed at 0700. The exact route of flight flown by N305NR during the accident flight is not known. The purpose of the flight was to conduct a moose telemetry survey that tracked electronically collared moose calves. There were no witnesses to the accident. An emergency locator transmitter beacon was heard by a Canadian aircraft at approximately 1000. A search was conducted for the airplane and it was located in a marsh at coordinates N 48 degrees 2
Probable cause
the pilot inadvertently stalled the airplane. A factor was the low altitude.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
