# NTSB CHI69F0013: Piper PA-28, N3492K, Lapeer, MI, June 15, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: June 15, 1968
- Place: Lapeer, MI · LAPEER, MI
- Location: 43.0452° N, 83.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lapeer, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0452&lon=-83.3264&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report July 29, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115011
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69F0013
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69F0013

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1661  68/6/15    LAPEER,MICH         PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  1  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 43, 21 TOTAL
        TIME - 1005                    N3492K              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DUPONT-LAPEER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3492K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3492K-1968-10-25), registration cancelled 1968-10-25, S/N 28-23583 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Dupont-Lapeer

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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