- Date
- March 4, 1976
- Place
- Lansing, MI · LANSING, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3969WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760304004469A
- Case key
- 153218
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0388 76/3/4 LANSING,MI PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1768 TIME - 1602 N3969W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1098 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITAL CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MUNCIE,IN CHARLOTTE,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 38 110 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 11 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LOC APCH RWY27.BROKE OUT OF CLOUDS MIDFIELD,T/D HALFWAY FRM INT OF RWYS 24 & 9.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3969W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capital City
N3969WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.