- Date
- June 28, 1971
- Place
- Royal Oak, MI · ROYAL OAK, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5187YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162337
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2984 71/6/28 ROYAL OAK,MICH PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 4000 TIME - 1835 N5187Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TROY,MICH TRAVERSE CITY,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- L ENG FOUND FEATH.OIL DIP STICK LOCATED ON ARPT BELIEVED DUE UNSAFE LDG GR.HIT APT HOUSE AND CARS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5187Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Berz
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