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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Freeland, MI · May 5, 1974

Date
May 5, 1974
Place
Freeland, MI
Airport
Tri-City
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N56611
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI74AC086
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total40 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acft obsvd spinning out of ovcst cloud layer,pieces of wreckage obsvd dscndg.l wing separated.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT OBSVD SPINNING OUT OF OVCST CLOUD LAYER,PIECES OF WRECKAGE OBSVD DSCNDG.L WING SEPARATED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.