- Date
- December 21, 1979
- Place
- Owosso, MI · OWOSSO, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N36700Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791221042399A
- Case key
- 132652
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3321 79/12/21 OWOSSO,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 2824 TIME - 2005 N36700 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OWOSSO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLARKE,MI HOWELL,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- DIVERTED TO OWOSSO TO AVOID ADVERSE WX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36700
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Owosso
N36700Registered now · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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.
Other investigations on N36700 · 1
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