- Date
- January 27, 1975
- Place
- Marquette, MI · MARQUETTE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5143ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750127001409A
- Case key
- 147012
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0033 75/1/27 MARQUETTE,MI PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N5143Z PX- 0 0 0 CHECK AGE 50, 2378 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 10 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARQUETTE COUNTRY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARQUETTE,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES BLOWING SNOW 240 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND STRUCK SNOW COVERED SURFACE OF FROZEN LAKE.LACK OF CONTRAST DUE SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5143Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marquette Country
N5143ZRegistered now · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5143Z · 2
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