- Date
- December 6, 1969
- Place
- Dowagiac, MI · DOWAGIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N92348Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146088
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4611 69/12/6 DOWAGIAC,MICH PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 61 TOTAL TIME - 1230 N92348 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASS MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOWAGIAC,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- THROTTLE ROD BENT AT CARB END,GIVING PARTIAL POWER. PLT FORCE LANDED IN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92348
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cass Memorial
N92348Registration cancelled Oct 2, 2003 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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