- Date
- March 14, 1975
- Place
- Flint, MI · FLINT, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2571APiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750314005379A
- Case key
- 147796
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0471 75/3/14 FLINT,MI PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1225 TIME - 1529 N2571A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BISHOP-FLINT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLINT,MI OSCODA,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 23000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 40 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- L ELEV AND L WING BENT.BRAKES CKD OK.WIND GUSTING 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2571A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bishop-Flint
N2571ARegistered now · Piper PA-20-135Airframe modelPiper PA-20-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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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.