- Date
- February 11, 1975
- Place
- Onondaga, MI · ONONDAGA, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1470Emeraude 1
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750211003059A
- Case key
- 147834
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0430 75/2/11 ONONDAGA,MI EMERAUDE 1 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 42, 100 TIME - 1435 N1470 PX- 0 0 1 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ONONDAGA PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ONONDAGA,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG REMARKS- FAST TAXI TEST,BECAME AIRBORNE.HIT TREES SHORT OF RWY ON APCH.1 MAG,SEVERAL SPARKPLUGS NOT INSTALL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1470
- Reported as
- Emeraude 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Onondaga Private
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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.