# NTSB CHI71DBJ50: Piper PA-30, N7462Y, Pellston, MI, January 10, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 10, 1971
- Place: Pellston, MI · PELLSTON, MI
- Location: 45.5516° N, 84.7834° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pellston, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5516&lon=-84.7834&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 24, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159958
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI71DBJ50
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI71DBJ50

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0443  71/1/10    PELLSTON,MICH       PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 8678
        TIME - 1830                    N7462Y              PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 2146 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - EMMET COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PELLSTON,MICH               MADISON,WIS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: REGULATOR
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
        REMARKS- VOLTAGE REGULATORS FAILED,CAUSE UNDTRMD.PLT DECIDED UN GOARND,LNDD W GR PARTIALLY EXTENDED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7462Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Emmet County

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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