- Date
- February 3, 1979
- Place
- Sylvan Lake, MI · SYLVAN LAKE, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9709CPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790203002219A
- Case key
- 137732
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0077 79/2/3 SYLVAN LAKE,MI PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 840 TIME - 1600 N9709C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TROY,MI SYLVAN LAKE,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- RWY-PLOWED SNW AND ICE ON FRZN LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9709C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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