- Date
- April 27, 1969
- Place
- East Lansing, MI · EAST LANSING, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6863BPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189692
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1148 69/4/27 EAST LANSING,MICH PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 800 TIME - 1010 N6863B PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 42 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- TAIL WIND 13K GUSTING 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6863B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Davis
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