- Date
- September 25, 1981
- Place
- Newberry, MI · NEWBERRY, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9574CPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810925062969A
- Case key
- 201209
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2775 81/9/25 NEWBERRY,MI PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 783 TIME - 1839 N9574C PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 144 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUCE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OWOSSO,MI NEWBERRY,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS 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 OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 130 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- HIT TOWER 3MI WNW OF ARPT DRG VOR APCH RWY11.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9574C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Luce County
N9574CRegistration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Piper PA-32RT-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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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.