- Date
- September 4, 1969
- Place
- North Lake, WI · NORTH LAKE, WI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4898LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158386
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2608 69/9/4 NORTH LAKE,WIS PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 118 TIME - 2252 N4898L PX- 2 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAST TAWAS,MICH EAST TROY,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SLEET OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS SMOKE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4898L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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