Plane Crash List

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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