- Date
- February 19, 1981
- Place
- Waterford Twp, MI · WATERFORD TWP, MI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N321SSPiper PA-31T
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810219004459A
- Case key
- 126845
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0443 81/2/19 WATERFORD TWP,MI PIPER PA-31T CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 1700 TIME - 1903 N321SS PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND-PONTIAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULSA,OK WATERFORD TWP,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 110 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ILS RWY9.HIT TWO 40FT APCH LITE TWRS 2400 & 2200 FEET FRM APCH END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N321SS
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oakland-Pontiac
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.