- Date
- July 21, 1979
- Place
- Pellston, MI · PELLSTON, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5809DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790721027669A
- Case key
- 134129
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2508 79/7/21 PELLSTON,MI PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 138 TIME - 1116 N5809D PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 47 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EMMET COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PELLSTON,MI MACKINAW,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT SUSTAINED EPILEPTIC SEIZURE. HANGAR AND 3 GENERAL AVIATION ACFT DESTROYED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5809D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Emmet County
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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.