- Date
- January 29, 1971
- Place
- Traverse Cty, MI · TRAVERSE CTY, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5896YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159809
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0774 71/1/29 TRAVERSE CTY,MICH PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 2000 TIME - 1720 N5896Y PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 140 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHERRY CAPITAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WAYNE,IND BELLAIRE,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS WEATHER - SNOW SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS BLOWING SNOW IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- PLT CONT TAXI ACFT W/O PROPER ASST.HIT SNOW BANK WHILE TAXIING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5896Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cherry Capital
N5896YRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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