- Date
- April 2, 1965
- Place
- Boyne Falls, MI · BOYNE FALLS, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8539DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179201
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0830 65/4/2 BOYNE FALLS MICH PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 1500 TIME - 1130 N8539D PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOYNE MOUNTAIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8539D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Boyne Mountain
N8539DRegistered now · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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