- Date
- November 10, 1971
- Place
- Ypsilanti, MI · YPSILANTI, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6861PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164563
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4558 71/11/10 YPSILANTI,MICH PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 1013 TIME - 1620 N6861P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LARSEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT ON APCH BLO 80 FT PWR LINES.STALLED IN PULL UP.BARBITUATE LEVEL 3.6 MG PCT,TYPE UNDET
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6861P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Larsen
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