- Date
- September 2, 1973
- Place
- Dansville, MI · DANSVILLE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7968YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730902029369A
- Case key
- 188715
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2562 73/9/2 DANSVILLE,MICH PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 1801 TIME - 1045 N7968Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1209 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHEATHELM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAWAS,MICH DANSVILLE,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- T/D APRX 10 DEG L OF RWY HEAD CONT ROLL OFF RWY INTO STANDING CORN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7968Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sheathelm
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7968Y · 1
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