- Date
- March 2, 1967
- Place
- Kalamazoo, MI · KALAMAZOO, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3645APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118482
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0668 67/3/2 KALAMAZOO, MICH PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 357 TIME - 1445 N3645A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUSTIN LAKE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE REMARKS- T/O ABORTED TO AVOID TRACTOR NEAR RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3645A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Austin Lake
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Other investigations on N3645A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA94FA174Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportLeavenworth, WAThe pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation. Factors related to the accident were: high density altitude, the runway condition (with areas of soft or uneven terrain and tall grass), and obstructions (trees) near the departure end of the runway.NTSB CHI69D0158Accident · No injuriesClosedPontiac, MI