Piper PA-17 N4847H

7 August 1973 · Charlotte, Michigan, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 7 August 1973 at about 14:15 local time, a Piper PA-17 registered N4847H was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Charlotte, Michigan, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 7 August 1973 at 14:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Charlotte, Michigan, United States
Nearest airport: Tinkerville
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-17
Registration: N4847H
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2114

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

MISTOOK PHONE WIRES FOR PWR LINES. GR CAUGHT PWRLINE AT END OF RWY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2114, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
30 Apr 1973	Piper PA-17 N4615H	Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
16 Feb 1973	Piper PA-17 N4841H	Slatington, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Aug 1972	Piper PA-17 N4657H	Gallup, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
14 May 1971	Piper PA-17 N5001H	Hammon, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
25 Oct 1975	Piper PA-17 N4861H	Fabens, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
21 Oct 1971	Piper PA-17 N4677H	Arcadia, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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