- Date
- January 12, 1969
- Place
- Alpena, MI · ALPENA, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98967Piper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191611
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0188 69/1/12 ALPENA,MICH PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 127 TIME - 1600 N98967 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHELPS COLLINS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISC-PLASTIC GRIP ON CONTROL STICK CAME LOOSE. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LOCKING NUT WAS NOT SAFETIED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98967
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Phelps Collins
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N98967 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI84FA343Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportAlpena, MIWitnesses stated that the acft flew at a very low altitude over the lake performing what appeared to be a series of stalls and recoveries with the acft climbing steeply to aprx 150 ft above the lake and then dropping sharply back down within a few feet of the…NTSB CHI80FEM04Accident · Serious injuriesClosedLong Rapids, MI