- Date
- September 1, 1979
- Place
- Marine City, MI · MARINE CITY, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5944VPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790901042129A
- Case key
- 133796
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3322 79/9/1 MARINE CITY,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 183 TIME - 0945 N5944V PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 56 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARINE CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRASER,MI MARINE CITY,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- HWY 30FT FM END OF RWY,NO WARNING FOR LOW FLYING ACFT.HIT TOP OF TNKR TRUCK.DSPLCD THR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5944V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Marine City
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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.