- Date
- June 15, 1969
- Place
- Blissfield, MI · BLISSFIELD, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4590RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179077
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1623 69/6/15 BLISSFIELD,MICH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 172 TIME - 1740 N4590R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 160 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BETZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- LANDED HALF WAY DOWN RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4590R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Betz
N4590RRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N4590R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.