- Date
- July 31, 1981
- Place
- Oxford, MI · OXFORD, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2139NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810731046439A
- Case key
- 124023
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2772 81/7/31 OXFORD,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 542 TIME - 1130 N2139N PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODWORTH AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANN ARBOR,MI OXFORD,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT ELECTED TO LND ON UNAUTHORIZED GRASS RWY THAT INTERSECTED HIGHER PAVED RWY AT MIDFLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2139N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Woodworth Airpark
N2139NRegistration cancelled Nov 17, 2008 · Piper PA-28-236Airframe modelPiper PA-28-236Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2139N · 1
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