# Incident 19780504031899I: Piper PA23250, Benton Harbor, MI, May 4, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1978, 01:30 local time
- Place: Benton Harbor, MI
- Airport: Ross
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1135° N, 86.4472° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Benton Harbor, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1135&lon=-86.4472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6933Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6933Y-1998-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780504031899I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO DRAINAGE DITCH OFF THE SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N6933Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19971127045279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971127045279A), Nov 27, 1997: Piper PA23250 (N6933Y), Carson City, NV, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Witnesses reported that the aircrafts engines sounded normal as the aircraft climbed at an unusually steep angle after takeoff to about 300 feet AGL. Then…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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