Piper PA-12 accident near Neguanee, MI
On September 2, 1999, a Piper PA-12 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Neguanee, MI. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 2, 1999
- Place
- Neguanee, MI
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-12 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 46.491°N, 87.590°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19699
NTSB summary
History of Flight On September 1, 1999, at 2040 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-12 floatplane, N91901, was destroyed when it impacted a 200 foot communications tower located approximately 1/4 statute mile from the intended landing site on the Dead River Basin, Neguanee, Michigan. The private pilot was fatally injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight had departed from the bay at Marquette, Michigan, approximately 25 minutes prior to the accident. The communications tower was located approximately 8 nautical miles and 288 degrees from the departure point. The official sunset at Marquette, Michigan, was 2030 EDT, and the sun's azimuth at sunset was 283 degrees. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. There were no witnesses to the accident. A witness reported hearing the airplane depart from the bay at Marquette, Michigan, at approximately 2015. A neighbor of the pilot reported seeing the airplane flying in the area between 1930 and 2030. He reported, "At 8:30p, just before I finished cutting the lawn, I noticed [the pilot] was apparently coming in for a landing or so I assumed. He was throttled back but was a little higher than normal. I then went into my home and at approximately 8:40p I heard what sounded like a large caliber rifle shot with a lingering echo." He reported, "It was still daylight and we walked to a place where we could see the tower and indeed saw that the top 25% of the tower had been knocked off and was dangling." Another neighbor of the pilot reported that he had been out walking and observed the airplane flying
Probable cause
the pilot failed to maintain clearance from the tower.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
