- Date
- August 1, 1970
- Place
- Chelsea, MI · CHELSEA, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3983KPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116421
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1239 70/8/1 CHELSEA,MICH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 188 TIME - 1700 N3983K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 104 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FITZSIMMONS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONTIAC,MICH GREGORY,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS REMARKS- L QUARTERING TAIL WIND 5K. T/O WITH 10 DEG FLAPS ACFT MFG RECOMMENDS 25 DEG FOR SHORT FLD T/O.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3983K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fitzsimmons
N3983KRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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