- Date
- July 12, 1984, 17:38 local (21:38 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N912NSSIAI-Marchetti FN-333
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840712031939A
- Case key
- 12693
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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 was not flown for 6 yrs. During last annual inspection, 67 hrs of labor, the batteries (2), spark plug gaskets,magneto gaskets, battery cable lugs and impulse coupling were replaced. The fuel quantity transmitter, battery, magnetos and spark plugs were examined or repaired. The acft was to be flown from chicago to Lansing, MI. Two hrs after departure the acft was observed on final apch to capital city arpt, Lansing, MI. The acft was low with gear up and did not respond to the twrs radio calls or red light gun signal. The acft touched down short of the rwy in grass, bounced, flew another 200 ft, touched down again 90 degrees to the flt path and slid to a stop on an arpt service road. Investigation showed the radio switches set and on, gear handle down, generator circuit breaker tripped, no fuel in the left tank, fuel selector on the left tank, fuel leaking from the right tank, undamaged prop, fuel gages both on zero, hydraulically operated flaps up, and the batteries discharged. The generator/regulator bench checked ok.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N912NS
- Reported as
- SIAI-Marchetti FN-333
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 105
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-P, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Karl Pilger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1984 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- DPA · West Chicago, IL
- Destination
- LAN · Lansing, MI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LAN · Capital City, runway 6, 5,001 × 120 ft, asphalt
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
- 69
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,200 total · 40 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.