- Date
- May 24, 1969
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MI · GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8968PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183628
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1352 69/5/24 GRAND RAPIDS,MICH PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 505 TIME - 2015 N8968P PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 81 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENT COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LANDED IN ROUGH AREA SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8968P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kent County
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