Eipper-Formance MX-II N3133L
22 October 1982 · Watertown, South Dakota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 22 October 1982 at about 19:00 local time, a Eipper-Formance MX-II registered N3133L, operated by Carl Fischer, was involved in an accident near Watertown, South Dakota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 19:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Watertown, South Dakota, United States
- Nearest airport
- Watertown Municipal (ATY)
- Coordinates
- 44.9094, -97.1602
- Aircraft
- Eipper-Formance MX-II
- Registration
- N3133L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Carl Fischer
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Watertown → Watertown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN83LTK01
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
WHILE ON ROLLOUT A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO COMPENSATE BY APPLYING FULL POWER BUT THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED LEFT, OUT OF CONTROL AND COLLIDED WITH A ROW OF "T" HANGARS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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