# NTSB CHI65F0171: Piper PA-23, N5250Y, Negaunee, MI, March 24, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: March 24, 1965
- Place: Negaunee, MI · NEGAUNEE, MI
- Location: 46.4943° N, 87.5919° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Negaunee, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4943&lon=-87.5919&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 30, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178575
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI65F0171
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI65F0171

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3037  65/3/24    NEGAUNEE MICH       PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 5015
        TIME - 1305                    N5250Y              PX-  0  0  2  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 301 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MARQUETTE COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD
        REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH SNOWPLOW. HIGH SNOWBANKS OBSCURED SNOW PLOW FROM PILOTS VIEW
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5250Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5250Y-1978-03-03), registration cancelled 1978-03-03, S/N 272305 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Marquette County

## Other investigations on N5250Y (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD78FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA008), Oct 27, 1977: Piper PA-23 (N5250Y), Morganton, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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