- Date
- June 19, 1977
- Place
- Grayling, MI · GRAYLING, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62948Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770619015049A
- Case key
- 147233
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2256 77/6/19 GRAYLING,MI PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0845 N62948 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 32, 3710 TOTAL HOURS, 35 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH BRANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSON,MI UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- WX FOR AREA WAS WINDS OUT OF THE WEST AT 9 TO 18KTS.AC INTENTIONALLY GND LOOPED TO AVOID TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62948
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- South Branch
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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.