- Date
- September 12, 1976
- Place
- Romeo, MI · ROMEO, MI
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3895WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760912029859A
- Case key
- 155781
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2995 76/9/12 ROMEO,MI PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1000 TIME - 2310 N3895W PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 740 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROMEO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND RAPIDS,MI ROMEO,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES REMARKS- ACFT LNDG LGT NOT FUNCTIONING.RWY LGTS VERY DIM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3895W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Romeo
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.