ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 196772
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 July 2017 |
| Time: | 18:20 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-22-160 Tri-Pacer |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9807D |
| MSN: | 22-6694 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2526 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Midland County, Breckinridge, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Breckenridge, MI (PVT) |
| Breckenridge, MI (PVT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he was practicing short-field, touch-and-go landings on the private grass airstrip. The final leg of the approach was over a cornfield and a road perpendicular to the approach end of the airstrip.
During final, the main landing gear (MLG) struck corn stalks that were about 6-ft tall. The airplane then landed short and struck the road. The right MLG collapsed, and the airplane slid across the road and onto the grass airstrip. The airplane’s nose dug into the grass and dirt, and the airplane nosed over.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right-wing strut and the rudder.
The pilot reported that “this accident was pilot error” and that he believed that he became “fixated on the beginning of the grass and was oblivious to the height of the corn.”
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s loss of situational awareness during the approach over a corn field, which resulted in collision with corn stalks.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9807d
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 October 1992 | N9807D | Private | 0 | West Branch, MI | |
sub |
Location
Media:
Piper crash-lands, flips over in Midland County, MI, USA https://t.co/BzzVOfmFRa pic.twitter.com/TNqNV53OTx
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 19 juillet 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jul-2017 16:31 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 19-Jul-2017 17:38 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Embed code] |
| 19-Jul-2017 23:41 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 20:04 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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