- Date
- August 14, 1981
- Place
- Mackinaw, MI · MACKINAW, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2964BPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810814049559A
- Case key
- 124574
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1920 81/8/14 MACKINAW,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 187 TIME - 1200 N2964B PX- 0 1 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACKINAW CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MACKINAW,MI MACKINAC ISLAND,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE REMARKS- RWY GRADIENT 1/4DEG UPHILL.D/A APPROX 2000FT.WEEDS ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2964B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mackinaw City
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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.