- Date
- April 18, 1981
- Place
- Covert, MI · COVERT, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35697Piper J5A
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810418018769A
- Case key
- 126154
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0751 81/4/18 COVERT,MI PIPER J5A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 670 TIME - 1830 N35697 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 149 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTH HAVEN,MI UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL CAP NOT TYPE REQD BY AD 78-10-03.VENT TUBE ON TOP OF CAP OBSTD W SMALL GLOB OF SOLDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35697
- Reported as
- Piper J5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.