- Date
- February 10, 1973
- Place
- Harbor Spgs, MI · HARBOR SPGS, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5103CPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730210006149A
- Case key
- 112066
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0477 73/2/10 HARBOR SPGS,MICH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1815 N5103C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 21, 835 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 470 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARBOR SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HARBOR SPGS,MICH HARBOR SPGS,MICH HARBOR SPGS,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OTHER TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 8 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SUSTAINED GLIDE AT IDLE POWER AT LOW AMBIENT TEMP.ENG WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE.LNDD IN TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5103C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Harbor Springs
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.