- Date
- February 10, 1980
- Place
- Ironwood, MI · IRONWOOD, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 5 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9636CPiper PA32RT
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131835
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0360 80/2/10 IRONWOOD,MI PIPER PA32RT CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 155 TIME - 2245 N9636C PX- 0 1 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOGEBIC COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IRONWOOD,MI MINNEAPOLIS,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT REMARKS- RT DOOR BECAME DISLODGED AFT TKOF,RETURNED TO ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9636C
- Reported as
- Piper PA32RT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gogebic County