- Date
- April 3, 1971
- Place
- Coldwater, MI · COLDWATER, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1416NPiper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160999
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1251 71/4/3 COLDWATER,MICH PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 322 TIME - 1755 N1416N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 226 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLDWATER,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 3 TBLSPNS WATER FOUND IN CARB FLOAT CHAMBER,NO QUICK DRAIN.ACFT SAT 4 DAYS IN RAINY INCLEMENT WX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1416N
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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