- Date
- May 7, 1971
- Place
- Pontiac, MI · PONTIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8502DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161163
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0149 71/5/7 PONTIAC,MICH PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 49 TOTAL TIME - 1830 N8502D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONTIAC,MICH SPARTA,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SMOKE IN COCKPIT REMARKS- FIRE IN CABIN,VICINITY L RUDDER PEDAL,CAUSE NOT DETERMINED. NO DMG ON LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8502D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oakland County
N8502DRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.