# Accident 19790901025839A: Piper PA22160, Selkirk, MI, September 1, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1979, 18:00 local time
- Place: Selkirk, MI
- Airport: Thompson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3167° N, 84.0667° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Thompson Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3167&lon=-84.0667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8824D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8824D-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 107 total, 107 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEM39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEM39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790901025839A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON DOWNWIND LANDING SHORT SOD STRIP. RAN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY, HIT TREE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI79DEM39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEM39), Sep 1, 1979: Piper PA-22 (N8824D), Selkirk, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8824D (1)

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

- [Accident 19890618016109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890618016109A), Jun 18, 1989: Piper PA22150 (N8824D), Michigan City, IN, Destroyed. Stalled and crashed after takeoff, was over gross with six people in four place aircraft.

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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