- Date
- August 7, 1973
- Place
- St.Ignace, MI · ST.IGNACE, MI
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N4737LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730807040589A
- Case key
- 188799
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3634 73/8/7 NR.ST.IGNACE,MICH PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 175 TIME - 1930 N4737L PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAFAYETTE,IND DRUMMOND ISLAND,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: ATTITUDE GYRO MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 76 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- KINCHELOE AFB WX.PARTS OF ACFT,BODIES RCVRD FRM WATER.PLT HAD PRIOR DISCUSSION ABT GYRO HORIZON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4737L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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