- Date
- June 21, 1978
- Place
- South Bass Is, OH · SOUTH BASS IS, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5570WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780621021219A
- Case key
- 140271
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3258 78/6/21 SOUTH BASS IS,OH PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 575 TIME - 0645 N5570W PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTH BASS IS,OH TOLEDO,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- CRASHED INTO LAKE ERIE.ACFT NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5570W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Put-In-Bay
N5570WRegistration cancelled Aug 23, 2012 · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.