19760304004469A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Lansing, MI · March 4, 1976

Date
March 4, 1976
Place
Lansing, MI
Airport
Capital City
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3969W
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI76FEM33
Reported as
Piper PA32260
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,768 total1,099 in this make and model33 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.

LOC apch RWY27.broke out of clouds midfield,t/d halfway frm int of rwys 24 & 9.

As the FAA filed it

LOC APCH RWY27.BROKE OUT OF CLOUDS MIDFIELD,T/D HALFWAY FRM INT OF RWYS 24 & 9.

NTSB investigation

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