# Accident 19790109012559A: Piper 601SMITH, Grand Rapids, MI, January 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1979, 19:22 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport: Kent Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.9634° N, 85.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9634&lon=-85.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7437S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7437S-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 601 (registry code 8360606, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-601) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 601SMITH
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,646 total, 215 in this make and model, 184 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790109012559A

## Narrative

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

PROCEEDED INTO KNOWN SEVERE ICING.UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. ACFT STALLED ON FINAL APPROACH TO UNSCHEDULED LNDG.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N7437S (1)

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

- [Accident 19761231041679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761231041679A), Dec 31, 1976: Piper 601SMITH (N7437S), Dunkirk, NY, Substantial damage. Plt cancelled IFR plan. While circling lost visual ctc with arpt,became disoriented.

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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