- Date
- September 7, 1981
- Place
- Plainwell, MI · PLAINWELL, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N31751Aeronca 65-TC
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810907058049A
- Case key
- 123645
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1928 81/9/7 PLAINWELL,MI AERONCA 65-TC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 702 TIME - 1150 N31751 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 140 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FARMER & FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOWELL,MI PLAINWELL,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- DUE TO TREES ON N END RWY IT IS CONSIDERED A ONE WAY RWY,LND N TKOF S.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31751
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65-TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Farmer & Field
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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.