Longville Muni Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Longville, Minnesota 56655
Sunday, August 23, 1987 13:45 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE STUDENT PLT RPRTD THAT AS HE ROUNDED OUT TO LAND, THE ACFT NOSED DOWN & IMPACTED NOSEWHEEL FIRST. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT SKIDDED TO A STOP. AFTER COMING TO REST, A FIRE ERUPTED, WHICH SPREAD & SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED THE ACFT.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/23/1987
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1345
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City LONGVILLE
Event State MINNESOTA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 56655
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport LONGVILLE MUNI
Event Location Nearest Airport ID D33
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 1338
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 1250
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID BRO
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Unknown
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) --
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2292
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Aug 23 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1500
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 35947
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:42PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N8799M
NTSB Number CHI87LA196
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model A23
Aircraft Series Identifier A23
Aircraft Serial Number 583
Certified Max Gross Weight 2400
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection Oct 17 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 2500
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name INAR MIKKELSON
Aircraft Owner Street Address BOX 192
Aircraft Owner City THEIF RIVERFALL
Aircraft Owner State MN
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 56701
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code TVF
Departure City THIEF RIV FALLS
Departure State MN
Departure Country
Departure Time 1230
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code
Destination City LONGVILLE
Destination State MN
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length 3480
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --