# NTSB CHI70FBJ30: Piper PA-24, Hessel, MI, June 2, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 2, 1970
- Place: Hessel, MI · HESSEL, MI
- Location: 46.0042° N, 84.4259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hessel, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0042&lon=-84.4259&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 17, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115370
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI70FBJ30
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70FBJ30

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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E-0007   70/6/2    HESSEL,MICH         PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - 2030                    CF-SUR              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  35, 736 TOTAL HOURS, 398
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HESSEL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SAULT STE.MARIE,MICH        HESSEL,MICH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
        REMARKS- PLT STATED HE THOUGHT GR HIT ROCK OR HOLE.GR WOULDNT RETRACT.INVEST COULDNT FIND OBSTRUCTIONS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: CF-SUR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hessel

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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