- Date
- March 16, 1974
- Place
- Marine City, MI · MARINE CITY, MI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6037WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740316043939A
- Case key
- 170206
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4065 74/3/16 MARINE CITY,MICH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 20 TOTAL TIME - 1835 N6037W PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARINE CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARINE CITY,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 315 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- NOT SOLVED.TKOF FRM SOFT SOD STRIP,SETTLED BACK TO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6037W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marine City
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6037W · 1
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