- Date
- January 22, 1981
- Place
- Newaygo, MI · NEWAYGO, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4859APiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810122003349A
- Case key
- 127161
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0042 81/1/22 NEWAYGO,MI PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 142 TIME - 1900 N4859A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWAYGO DEPARTURE POINT NEWAYGO,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- SNOW PILED ON SIDE OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4859A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newaygo
N4859ARegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4859A · 2
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