- Date
- May 25, 1981
- Place
- Spring Green, WI · SPRING GREEN, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N78459Piper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810525028649A
- Case key
- 125481
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1170 81/5/25 SPRING GREEN,WI PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 446 TIME - 1858 N78459 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 177 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRIDGEMAN,MI SPRING GREEN,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 70 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 18 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WND GSTG 20KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78459
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tri County
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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.