- Date
- April 24, 1973
- Place
- Pellston, MI · PELLSTON, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6491LPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730424021329A
- Case key
- 190178
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1763 73/4/24 PELLSTON,MICH PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 55, TIME - 1421 N6491L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PELLSTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHEBOYGAN,MICH PELLSTON,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT REMARKS- 4MI FINAL PLT DIVERTED ATTN TO OTR ACFT TO R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6491L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pellston
N6491LRegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2013 · Piper PA-31-300Airframe modelPiper PA-31-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.