- Date
- September 18, 1977
- Place
- Benton Harbor, MI · BENTON HARBOR, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N82328Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770918039179A
- Case key
- 201247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4005 77/9/18 BENTON HARBOR,MI PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 31, 649 TIME - 1652 N82328 PX- 1 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BENTON HARBOR,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING WING OVER TURN TO FINAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82328
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ross Field
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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.