- Date
- October 2, 1973
- Place
- Brooklyn, MI · BROOKLYN, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N15279Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731002039139A
- Case key
- 187768
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4117 73/10/2 BROOKLYN,MICH PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 506 TIME - 1500 N15279 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 155 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROOKLYN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GROSSE ISLE,MICH BROOKLYN,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WHEN PWR APLD ENG DID NOT RESPOND.ACFT T/D ABT 40FT SHORT OF RWY,STRUCK DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15279
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brooklyn
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.