- Date
- December 16, 1973
- Place
- Newaygo, MI · NEWAYGO, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N78698Piper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731216039049A
- Case key
- 187660
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3580 73/12/16 NEWAYGO,MICH PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 126 TIME - 1600 N78698 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWAYGO,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SNOW COVERED CORN FIELD FIVE INCHES IN DEPTH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78698
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N78698Registration cancelled Oct 22, 2012 · Piper PA-11Airframe modelPiper PA-11Engine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N78698 · 1
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