- Date
- February 3, 1979
- Place
- Mason, MI · MASON, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75078Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790203002159A
- Case key
- 137662
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0091 79/2/3 MASON,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1930 N75078 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 28, 3510 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MASON-JEWETT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MASON,MI MASON,MI LANSING,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 23 250 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75078
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mason-Jewett
N75078Registered now · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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