- Date
- November 27, 1965
- Place
- Houghton Lak, MI · HOUGHTON LAK, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- CF-SUYPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175462
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0016 65/11/27 HOUGHTON LAK MICH PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1795 TIME - 1430 CF-SUY PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 103 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOUGHTON LAKE HGH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING SNOW HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 26 250 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 38 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- CF-SUY
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Houghton Lake Hgh