- Date
- May 12, 1972
- Place
- Benton Harbr, MI · BENTON HARBR, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7019KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166216
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1587 72/5/12 BENTON HARBR,MICH PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 101 TIME - 0930 N7019K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSS FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7019K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ross Field
N7019KRegistration cancelled Jun 13, 2013 · Piper PA-20Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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