# NTSB CHI69D0272: Piper PA-22, N3721P, Bellevue, MI, September 28, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: September 28, 1968
- Place: Bellevue, MI · BELLEVUE, MI
- Location: 42.4443° N, 85.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bellevue, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4443&lon=-85.0187&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report November 8, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108333
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69D0272
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69D0272

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3237  68/9/28    BELLEVUE,MICH       PIPER PA-22         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 33, 84 TOTAL
        TIME - 1600                    N3721P              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SPRINGPORT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: ABORTED
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O FROM UNIMPROVED STRIP. GRASS 4 IN HIGH,PHONE WIRES AT END OF RNWY. ACFT STRUCK BRUSH
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3721P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Springport

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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