- Date
- April 15, 1972
- Place
- Twin Lakes, WI · TWIN LAKES, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6978KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166305
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1501 72/4/15 TWIN LAKES,WIS PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N6978K PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 42, 872 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VINCENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILMOT,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DETERIORATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- FABRIC TORE PARTIALLY OFF TOP OF FUSELAGE DURG FLT.PLT LVLD OFF HI,CLSD THROTTLE,ACFT DROPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6978K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vincent
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