19791029041311A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Plainwell, MI · October 29, 1979

Date
October 29, 1979 · 16:25 local
Place
Plainwell, MI
Airport
Otesgo Plainwell
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4437J
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI80DA008
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
27 total3 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Overtook another airplane on final. Overtaken lower airplane began pull up prop severed tail of higher plane,N5345Z

As the FAA filed it

OVERTOOK ANOTHER AIRPLANE ON FINAL. OVERTAKEN LOWER AIRPLANE BEGAN PULL UP PROP SEVERED TAIL OF HIGHER PLANE,N5345Z

NTSB investigation

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Other aircraft in the event · 1

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