- Date
- February 11, 1977
- Place
- Owosso, MI · OWOSSO, MI
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6590WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770211003009A
- Case key
- 157787
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2254 77/2/11 OWOSSO,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 157 TIME - 1955 N6590W PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OWOSSO ARPRT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OWOSSO,MI FLINT,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT TOOK OFF WITH CARB HEAT FULL ON AND ACFT WOULD NOT DEVELOP FULL POWER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6590W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Owosso Arprt
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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