- Date
- August 18, 1972
- Place
- Watervliet, MI · WATERVLIET, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6092PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167933
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2984 72/8/18 WATERVLIET,MICH PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 1400 TIME - 1710 N6092P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERVLIET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HINSDALE,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6092P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watervliet
N6092PRegistration cancelled Apr 25, 2013 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.