- Date
- August 20, 1975
- Place
- Blissfield, MI · BLISSFIELD, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40782Piper J3F-65
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750820025609A
- Case key
- 150074
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2543 75/8/20 BLISSFIELD,MI PIPER J3F-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 125 TIME - 1830 N40782 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BETZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLISSFIELD,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- LOST CTL AFTR BOUNCED LNDG ACFT ENTRD SOY BEAN FLD AND STRUCK STANDING CORN IN ADJ FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40782
- Reported as
- Piper J3F-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Betz
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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.
Other investigations on N40782 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC01LA156Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFindlay, OHTwo chafed ignition switch leads, which resulted in a failure of the ignition system and subsequent total loss of engine power.NTSB ATL86FEI05Accident · No injuriesFinal reportWauseon, OHThe plt reported that he was landing on rwy 27 with the wind from about 190 degrees at 15 mph, gusting to 23 mph; he executed a normal ldg and was rolling out when a gust of wind lifted up the left wing and the acft ground-looped. The acft subsequently…