# Incident 19781204022119I: Piper PA28/, Negaunee, MI, December 4, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1978, 11:25 local time
- Place: Negaunee, MI
- Airport: Marquette Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5339° N, 87.5614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Marquette Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5339&lon=-87.5614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6431J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6431J-1991-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 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/19781204022119I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT PRACTICING LANDINGS ON AN ICY RUNWAY WITH INCREASING CROSSWIND. LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

## Other reports on N6431J (1)

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

- [Accident 19900909038609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900909038609A), Sep 9, 1990: Piper PA28180 (N6431J), Grantham, NC, Substantial damage. Stalled and spun in during takeoff climbout. Witness heard power reduction. Pilot may have closed throttle.

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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