- Date
- November 24, 1977
- Place
- Niles, MI · NILES, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5047PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771124037029A
- Case key
- 145648
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2045 77/11/24 NILES,MI PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 877 TIME - 2200 N5047P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 677 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JERRY TYLER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND RAPIDS,MI NILES,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5047P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jerry Tyler
N5047PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-180Airframe modelPiper PA-24-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5047P · 1
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