- Date
- April 6, 1972
- Place
- Battle Creek, MI · BATTLE CREEK, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8562PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165669
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0759 72/4/6 BATTLE CREEK,MICH PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 742 TIME - 1953 N8562P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 405 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KELLOGG REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PIQUA,OHIO BATTLE CREEK,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 35 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- UNFORECAST FREEZING RAIN.ICED WINDSHIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8562P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kellogg Regional
N8562PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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