- Date
- August 19, 1980
- Place
- Harrison, MI · HARRISON, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6839WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800819039089A
- Case key
- 130037
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1774 80/8/19 HARRISON,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 231 TIME - 1208 N6839W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLARE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARRISON,MI SAGINAW,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PRIMER FND UNLOCK,APRX 1 IN OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6839W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Clare County
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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 N6839W · 3
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