- Date
- February 5, 1981
- Place
- Howell, MI · HOWELL, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6899FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810205002779A
- Case key
- 127157
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0040 81/2/5 HOWELL,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 32 TOTAL TIME - 0930 N6899F PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LIVINGSTON CO. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOWELL,MI HOWELL,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 8 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6899F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Livingston Co.
N6899FRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.