- Date
- February 25, 1978
- Place
- Lake Orion, MI · LAKE ORION, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N300PCPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780225005579A
- Case key
- 143354
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0922 78/2/25 LAKE ORION,MI PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1447 TIME - 1230 N300PC PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 210 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND-ORION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE ORION,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300PC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oakland-Orion
N300PCRegistration cancelled Feb 8, 2012 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.