AERONAUTICS DEPARTMENT:
An Inventory of Its Accident Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Department of Aeronautics. | |
| Title: | Accident Records. | |
| Dates: | 1941-1976. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Mainly accident reports covering incidents involving small private aircraft. There are a few reports concerning larger aircraft. | |
| Quantity: | 2.5 cubic feet (3 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The reports may include the completed U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board Non-Air-Carrier Aircraft Accident report, State of Minnesota Aircraft Accident report, and typed accident investigation summaries with description of the wreckage, pilot and craft certification, flight history, weather, and concluding notes.
There are also witness statements, newspaper clippings, photographs of wreckage, and related correspondence.
ARRANGEMENT
Reports are organized by year, thereunder by date of the accident. Photographs are arranged by location.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Department of Aeronautics. Accident Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 12,376; 12,485; [12,361?]; 12,795; 12,923
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017348650104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 128.E.13.7B | 1 | Accidents investigated by department—summary, approximately 1950. | |||||||||
| Court dockets, 1946. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous correspondence, 1945-1960. | |||||||||||
| Statistics, 1945-1962. | |||||||||||
| Accident reports, 1941-1950. 14 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 128.E.13.8F | 2 | Accident reports 1951-1955, 1958. 17 folders. | |||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 128.E.13.9B | 3 | Accident reports, 1959. 3 folders. | |||||||||
| Ossanna/Carver aircraft crash: Search records, 1971-1974. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Accident report and photos, Thief River Falls, July 7, 1976. | |||||||||||
| Accident photographs by location, 1948-1953, 1959, 1968. 2 folders: | |||||||||||
| Aitkin, Fox Hunting, 1949. | |||||||||||
| Brainerd, July 19, 1948; January 1, 1949; January 22, 1950. | |||||||||||
| Cannon Falls, October 31, 1948. | |||||||||||
| Chisago City, August 21, 1949. | |||||||||||
| Dassel, May 15, 1949. | |||||||||||
| Duluth, 1950. | |||||||||||
| Eveleth—Lake Ely, November 21, 1948. | |||||||||||
| Faribault, October 8, 1948; December 29, 1948. | |||||||||||
| Grove Lake, September 7, 1948. | |||||||||||
| Hinckley, May 8, 1949. | |||||||||||
| Iron Junction, 1949. | |||||||||||
| Jeffers, June 4, 1950. | |||||||||||
| Lake Minnetonka, December 26, 1948; August 3, 1948. | |||||||||||
| Marshall, 1960. | |||||||||||
| Negative of airplane frame photo available in the Aeronautics Department Photographs series. | |||||||||||
| New Germany, 1958. | |||||||||||
| New Ulm, July 5, 1948. | |||||||||||
| Northfield, August 1950. | |||||||||||
| Perham, June 12, 1949. | |||||||||||
| Pratt, January 9, 1948. | |||||||||||
| Saint Paul, April 10, 1949; 1950. | |||||||||||
| Sandstone, August 21, 1959. | |||||||||||
| Savage, 1951. | |||||||||||
| Southport, August 1953. | |||||||||||
| White Bear Lake, August 9, 1951. | |||||||||||
| Winona, 1950; 1968. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Aircraft accidents -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
- Aircraft accidents -- Investigation -- Minnesota.
- Airplanes -- Accidents -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota Aeronautics Commission.
- Minnesota. Department of Aeronautics -- Investigators.
- United States. Civil Aeronautics Board.
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
- Functions:
- Investigating.
- Reporting.
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