- Date
- January 20, 1981
- Place
- Atlanta, MI · ATLANTA, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6658HPiper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810120002129A
- Case key
- 127155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0038 81/1/20 ATLANTA,MI PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 74, 292 TIME - 1230 N6658H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,MI HILLMAN,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- SKI-EQPD.CRASHED ON A FROZEN LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6658H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6658HRegistration cancelled May 31, 2013 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6658H · 1
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