- Date
- May 30, 1981
- Place
- Bad Axe, MI · BAD AXE, MI
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4996FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810530031869A
- Case key
- 201163
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1244 81/5/30 NR.BAD AXE,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 1096 TIME - 1545 N4996F PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 427 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAD AXE,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- R WING STRUCK PWR LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4996F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.