45.7213° N, 85.5197° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at WELKE (6Y8), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 1, 1978 · 21:30 local
Place
St James, MI
Airport
Welke
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N56425
Reported as
Piper PA34200
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,226 total120 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Hard landing damaged prop. Pilot took off and later landed at another airport>
As the FAA filed it
HARD LANDING DAMAGED PROP. PILOT TOOK OFF AND LATER LANDED AT ANOTHER AIRPORT>