- Date
- April 15, 1970
- Place
- Ithaca, MI · ITHACA, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5349ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129699
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1833 70/4/15 ITHACA,MICH PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 28 TOTAL TIME - 1920 N5349Z PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OWOSSO,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT APPROACHING DARKNESS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5349Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5349ZRegistration cancelled Jun 24, 1976 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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