- Date
- August 17, 1970
- Place
- Scotts, MI · SCOTTS, MI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6802BPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191860
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3512 70/8/17 SCOTTS,MICH PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 1200 TIME - 2115 N6802B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 690 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCOTTS,MICH AUSTIN LAKE,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRASH LND IN APPLE ORCHARD.NO MALFUNCTIONS FOUND DRG LTR ENG RUN-UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6802B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6802BRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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