- Date
- July 5, 1974
- Place
- Willis, MI · WILLIS, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1402PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740705024929A
- Case key
- 132582
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3890 74/7/5 WILLIS,MICH PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 598 TIME - 2245 N1402P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 322 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOWIND ACRES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,PA WILLIS,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RUNWAY LIGHTING NOT INSTALLED.ACFT OBSVD T/D NE OF RWY INTERSECTION.ATMTD GO-ARND NR END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1402P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dowind Acres
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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.