- Date
- March 2, 1969
- Place
- Mt Pleasant, MI · MT PLEASANT, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8226PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190993
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0650 69/3/2 MT PLEASANT,MICH PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 171 TIME - 1650 N8226P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT PLEASANT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE REMARKS- BRAKES FAILED ON LDG ROLL,BRAKE MAINT PERFORMED BY OWNER PLT. AIR IN LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8226P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mt Pleasant
N8226PRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N8226P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA89LA045Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCrestview, FLWhile in cruise flt near an arpt, the prop separated. Plt was given vectors to arpt & entered pattern for lndg. Downwind leg was extended due to strong tailwind. Strong headwind on final caused acft to land short. During landing roll acft collided with two…NTSB CHI88LA137Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMattoon, ILUpon return from a local aerial photography flight, the pilot failed to ensure that the aircraft landing gear was extended, down and locked. When the aircraft touched down, the gear was only extended approximately 10%; it collapsed fully when it contacted the…