- Date
- July 21, 1965
- Place
- Benton Harbor, MI · BENTON HARBOR, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6051PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177003
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2007 65/7/21 BENTON HARBR MICH PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1800 TIME - 1600 N6051P PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 358 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-SMOKE IN COCKPIT FOR UNDETERMINED REASON EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SMOKE IN COCKPIT REMARKS- INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6051P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ross