- Date
- November 12, 1983, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Easton Township, MI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N6903DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831112056919A
- Case key
- 12376
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft crashed aprx 3 mi from the departure arpt. According to witnesses, it was flying at aprx 200 ft AGL when the right wing dipped & then the acft went nearly straight into the ground. An inspection of the airframe & flt control sys revealed no evidence of any preimpact malfunction of failure. No screen was found in the gascolator. The carburetor was disassembled & no evidence of a malfunction was noted. The carburetor screew was clean. There were nicks in the leading edges of the propeller blades & spanwise scratches were also noted on the blades.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6903D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4830
- Airframe hours
- 1,814
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jan B. Dalgleish
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1983 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- Y70 · Ionia, MI
- Destination
- Y91 · Lake City, MI
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 275 total · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRR, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.