- Date
- September 6, 1975
- Place
- Napoleon, MI · NAPOLEON, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56161Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750906029129A
- Case key
- 151054
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3270 75/9/6 NAPOLEON,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 64 TOTAL TIME - 0810 N56161 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELFORD-MAULE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSON,MI GRAND RAPIDS,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- HIT N41392, SUBSTANTIAL DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56161
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Belford-Maule
N56161Registered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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.