- Date
- October 29, 1979
- Place
- Plainwell, MI · PLAINWELL, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19791029041311A19791029041312A
- Case key
- 133020
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3145 79/10/29 PLAINWELL,MI PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 16, 24 TOTAL TIME - 1625 N5345Z PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 1 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OTSEGO-PLAINWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PLAINWELL,MI RETURN KALAMAZOO,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 REMARKS- HI WING ACFT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3145 79/10/29 PLAINWELL,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 27 TOTAL TIME - 1625 N4437J PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 1 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OTSEGO-PLAINWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAINWELL,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 REMARKS- LOW WING ACFT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N4437J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Otsego-Plainwell
N4437JRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N5345Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Otsego-Plainwell
N5345ZRegistration cancelled Dec 18, 2012 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Accident 19791029041311APiper PA28140 · Plainwell, MIOvertook another airplane on final. Overtaken lower airplane began pull up prop severed tail of higher plane,N5345ZAccident 19791029041312APiper PA22108 · Plainwell, MIOvertaken by unseen other higher airplane, both on final. Began go around,prop severed tail of higher aircraft.
Other investigations on N4437J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.