- Date
- March 18, 1981
- Place
- Lowell, MI · LOWELL, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2023PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810318010339A
- Case key
- 136430
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0529 81/3/18 LOWELL,MI PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 577 TIME - 1815 N2023P PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 92 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOWELL CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOWELL,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- FLUID,ODOR OF ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL(IPA)IN GASCOLATOR.IPA ADDED BFR FUEL,SHOULD MIX DRG REFUELING.RUST
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2023P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lowell City
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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.