Investigator In Charge (IIC): Lemishko, Alexander
The National Transportation Safety Board did not travel to the scene of this accident.
Additional Participating Entity:
Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Minneapolis, Minnesota
STURGEON LAKE, Minnesota - Authorities responded to a single-engine plane crash last Friday allegedly involving alcohol.
Location: Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota
Accident Number: CEN22LA348
Date and Time: July 29, 2022, 13:00 Local
Registration: N42584
Aircraft: Piper J3C-65
Injuries: 1 None
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal
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Aircraft Make: Piper
Registration: N42584
Model/Series: J3C-65
Aircraft Category: Airplane
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Crew Injuries: 1 None
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Passenger Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Fire: None
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Total Injuries: 1 None
Latitude, Longitude: 46.3811,-92.8238 (est)
Aircraft made an emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion, found fuel, departed and came in contact with trees.
Date: 29-JUL-22
Time: 23:00:00Z
Regis#: N42584
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: J3C
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: SUBSTANTIAL
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: EN ROUTE (ENR)
Operation: 91
City: STURGEON LAKE
State: MINNESOTA
Pine County Sheriff's Office
Press Release
08/01/2022
On the date of 07/29/2022 at about 1825 hours, the Pine County 911 Communications Center received a call of an airplane that had crashed on the 4000 block of Birchview Road in Sturgeon Lake. Reports were received that the pilot of the aircraft was possibly intoxicated.
Deputies arrived and found that the pilot of the aircraft, Dennis Schwandt of Missouri was uninjured and showed signs of intoxication and was arrested. The Federal Aviation Administration was notified of the incident and responded to assist in the investigation.
The aircraft that Dennis Schwandt was operating was a 1945 Piper J35-65.
The case has been referred to the Pine County Attorney’s office for charging.
Deputies were assisted by the MN DNR, State Patrol, Moose Lake Fire, Essentia Ambulance, and the FAA.
Deputies said the pilot, 70, of Missouri crashed on the 4000 block of Birchview Road in Sturgeon Lake.
The Pine County 911 Communications Center received reports that the pilot was possibly intoxicated.
He was not hurt, and was taken into custody.
As of Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration has removed the plane and debris from the crash area.
There was no damage to the property.
At 70 he could have had some sort of medical event such as a stroke. Several conditions mimic intoxication. The hospital will get it ironed out.
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