- Date
- September 14, 1981
- Place
- La Pointe, WI · LA POINTE, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3551PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810914062179A
- Case key
- 123647
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1941 81/9/14 LA POINTE,WI PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 441 TIME - 1831 N3551P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MADELINE ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LA POINTE,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 68 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 20KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3551P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Madeline Island
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.