- Date
- June 4, 1977
- Place
- Carleton, MI · CARLETON, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4788APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770604016099A
- Case key
- 147312
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2244 77/6/4 NR.CARLETON,MI PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, UNK/NR TIME - 1350 N4788A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WICKENHEISER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARLETON,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT ADJUSTING FLAPS FOR LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4788A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wickenheiser
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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.