- Date
- March 9, 1972
- Place
- Sturgis, MI · STURGIS, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N100JGates Lear 25
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166390
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1409 72/3/9 STURGIS,MICH GATES LEAR 25 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 3411 TIME - 1441 N100J PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 112 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KIRSCH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.WAYNE,IND STURGIS,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N100J
- Reported as
- Gates Lear 25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kirsch Muni