- Date
- May 31, 1970
- Place
- Edenville, MI · EDENVILLE, MI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125308
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0437 70/5/31 EDENVILLE,MICH PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 872 TIME - 1800 N7745Y PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 192 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARRISON,MICH BAY CITY,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- CESSNA PROP STRUCK L HORIZ STAB OF PIPER WHEN PIPER PULLED AWAY FROM FORMATION FLT. BOTH LND OK.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0437 70/5/31 EDENVILLE,MICH CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1046 TIME - 1800 N3551Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 3 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARRISON,MICH BAY CITY,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- PIPER FLEW FORMATION POSITION SLIGHTLY BELOW AND TO R SIDE OF CESSNA. ACFT WERE IN RADIO CONTACT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3551Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N7745Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7745YRegistration cancelled Apr 13, 2017 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N3551Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.