- Date
- March 22, 1970
- Place
- Traverse Cty, MI · TRAVERSE CTY, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5394LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135396
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0749 70/3/22 TRAVERSE CTY,MICH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 19, 15 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N5394L PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRAVERSE CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRAVERSE CTY,MICH TRAVERSE CTY,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5394L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Traverse City