Piper PA-28R-180 N3776T

Summary

On 1 January 1984 at about 20:53 local time, a Piper PA-28R-180 registered N3776T was involved in an accident near Traverse City, Michigan, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 January 1984 at 20:53

Classification

Accident

Location

Traverse City, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Traverse City (TVC)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-180

Registration

N3776T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Traverse City → Saginaw

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI84FA073

2 people died.

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

PRIOR TO THE FLT, THE PLT MADE A PHONE CALL TO A RELATIVE WHO LIVED NEAR THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF LONG LAKE & SAID HE WOULD 'PASS OVER IN ABOUT 10 MIN.' AFTER HE TOOK OFF, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED IN A LOW PASS OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE LAKE. THE ACFT THEN CIRCLED & BEGAN A 2ND LOW PASS. ON THE 2ND PASS, IT DESCENDED LOWER, HIT THE SNOW COVERED, FROZEN LAKE, BOUNCED & CRASHED. WITNESSES SAID LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING, BUT THE VISIBILITY WAS GOOD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.