19790109012559A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper 601SMITH · Grand Rapids, MI · January 9, 1979

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal NTSB investigation search

Date: January 9, 1979 · 19:22 local
Place: Grand Rapids, MI
Airport: Kent Co
Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N7437S
Reported as: Piper 601SMITH
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 3
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,646 total215 in this make and model184 in the last 90 days

N7437SRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Smith AEROSTAR 601S/N 61-0008 · Built 1969 Airframe modelSmith AEROSTAR 601 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Proceeded into known severe icing. Unable to maintain altitude. Acft stalled on final approach to unscheduled lndg.

As the FAA filed it

PROCEEDED INTO KNOWN SEVERE ICING.UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. ACFT STALLED ON FINAL APPROACH TO UNSCHEDULED LNDG.

Other reports on N7437S · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19761231041679AFinal Approach-IFR · Dunkirk, NYPlt cancelled IFR plan. While circling lost visual ctc with arpt,became disoriented.Dec 31, 1976 · Reported as Piper 601SMITH · Substantial damage