- Date
- November 13, 1969
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N7636JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148751
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3300 69/11/13 MISSING AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 265 TIME - UNK/NR N7636J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 244 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTHBROOK,ILL BENTON HARBOR,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- PARTS OF ACFT FOUND ON 11/16/69.PLTS BODY RECOVERED 12/6/69. ACFT BELIEVED TO BE IN LAKE MICHIGAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7636J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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