- Date
- December 30, 1973
- Place
- Boyne Falls, MI · BOYNE FALLS, MI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15922Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731230041069A
- Case key
- 187438
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3922 73/12/30 BOYNE FALLS,MICH PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0945 N15922 PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 21, 1785 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 131 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOYNE MOUNTAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOLEDO,OHIO BOYNE FALLS,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- UNICOM UNATTENDED.ARPT NOT NOTAMED. ACFT LND IN DEEP SNOW.PLT DIDNT CK WITH FSS BFOR LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15922
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Boyne Mountain
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.