- Date
- June 24, 1971
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MI · GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3007PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162234
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4574 71/6/24 GRAND RAPIDS,MICH PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 895 TIME - 2116 N3007P PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND RAPIDS,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- PLT ALLOWED DEPLANED PSGR TO WALK ARND ACFT.WALKED INTO PROP.VSBY LTD BY DARKNESS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3007P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Kent County
N3007PRegistration cancelled May 4, 2019 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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