Piper PA-24-250 accident near Fertile, MN
On July 9, 1999, a Piper PA-24-250 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Fertile, MN. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 9, 1999
- Place
- Fertile, MN
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-24-250 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 47.531°N, 96.290°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19166
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 9, 1999, at 1722 central daylight time (cdt), a Piper PA- 24-250, N7314P, operated by an airline transport pilot, was destroyed while maneuvering 1 mile west-southwest of the Fertile Airport, Fertile, Minnesota. The airplane departed controlled flight, struck some trees and subsequently impacted the terrain. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The instructional flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. No flight plan was on file. The flight instructor and dual student were fatally injured. The local flight originated at Fertile, Minnesota, at 1645 cdt. The manager of the Fertile Airport said that he saw the airplane takeoff on runway 32 (3,002 feet by 60 feet, dry asphalt). He watched the airplane perform three to four standard traffic patterns and landings, the last landing being to a full stop. The manager said that he watched the airplane turn around on the runway and taxi down to the approach end of runway 31, to take off again. The manager said that he left the airport just as the airplane was taking off again. It was 1645 cdt. Prior to the accident, several witnesses saw the airplane operating in the vicinity of the Fertile Airport. Two witnesses were traveling eastbound in a pick-up truck, 3 1/2 miles west of Fertile, when they saw the airplane. The driver of the truck estimated that he was 1/2 mile from the airplane when he saw it. He said the airplane was traveling from south to north. He described the airplane as being low to the ground and slow. The driver said that he only saw the airplane for
Probable cause
the inadvertent stall. Factors relating to this accident were the instructor pilot maneuvering the airplane at very low altitude and the trees.
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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.
