- Date
- February 4, 1967
- Place
- Charlotte, MI · CHARLOTTE, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7470RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118819
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0356 67/2/4 CHARLOTTE,MICH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 2871 TIME - 1100 N7470R PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FITCH H. BEACH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK 3-4 FOOT HIGH SNOWBANK AT THRESHOLD OF RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7470R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fitch H. Beach
N7470RRegistration cancelled Nov 17, 2003 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N7470R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.