- Date
- April 28, 1968
- Place
- South Haven, MI · SOUTH HAVEN, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6154ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110469
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1714 68/4/28 SOUTH HAVEN,MICH PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0930 N6154Z PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 44, 693 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 58 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH HAVEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PRACTICING LOW ALT PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6154Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- South Haven
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