- Date
- September 23, 1970
- Place
- Cedar Lake, MI · CEDAR LAKE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N418HPPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149860
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3809 70/9/23 CEDAR LAKE,MICH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 53 TOTAL TIME - 1715 N418HP PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CEDAR LAKE,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- DID NOT CHK RWY CONDS FLWG HEAVY RAIN.NOSE GR HIT SOFT SPOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N418HP
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cedar Lake
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Other investigations on N418HP · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.