- Date
- March 12, 1972
- Place
- Caspian, MI · CASPIAN, MI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7878YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166322
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1528 72/3/12 CASPIAN,MICH PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1145 N7878Y PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 56, 1621 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 403 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAMBAUGH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASPIAN,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- HIT SNOWBANK,L MN GR SEPARATED.GO-AROUND,LNDD GROUND LOOPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7878Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stambaugh
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Other investigations on N7878Y · 2
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