- Date
- June 5, 1976
- Place
- St James, MI · ST JAMES, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7043PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760605024979A
- Case key
- 155186
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2997 76/6/5 ST JAMES,MI PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 341 TIME - 1030 N7043P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 148 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WELKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST JAMES,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING REMARKS- STRUCK A MOUND OF DIRT BECAME AIRBORNE PREMATURELY STRUCK LGTS L OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7043P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Welke
N7043PRegistration cancelled Jan 27, 1977 · Piper PA-24-180Airframe modelPiper PA-24-180Engine 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.