- Date
- August 15, 1975
- Place
- Alma, MI · ALMA, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19750815030261A19750815030262A
- Case key
- 150481
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3596 75/8/15 ALMA,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 50 TOTAL TIME - 2000 N7260F PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 1 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRATIOT COMMUNITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALMA,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- R HORIZONTAL STAB OF N62277 HIT TOP L SIDE OF N7260F ENG COWL.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3596 75/8/15 ALMA,MI BELLANCA 14-13 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 1750 TIME - 2000 N62277 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRATIOT COMMUNITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALMA,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- EVIDENCE OF PREV MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITH OLD SCARRING PLUS 90-95 PCT OCLSN OF R CORONNARY ART.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N62277
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gratiot Community
N62277Registration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Bellanca 14-13-2Airframe modelBellanca 14-13-2Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N7260F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Gratiot Community
N7260FRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.