- Date
- June 8, 1966
- Place
- North Point, MI · NORTH POINT, MI
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N6686PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171562
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0481 66/6/8 NORTH POINT MICH PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 1625 TIME - 1031 N6686P PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- OCCUPANTS BODIES RECOVERED FROM L.HURON,ACFT IS MISSING.PILOT RADIOED MAYDAY.DID NOT DEFINE EMERG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6686P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Phelps-Collins
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