# Accident 19810118000679A: Piper PA28140, Michigan City, IN, January 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1981, 14:00 local time
- Place: Michigan City, IN
- Airport: Michigan City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7033° N, 86.8212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Michigan City Municipal Airport (MGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7033&lon=-86.8212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9943W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 775 total, 255 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FET03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FET03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810118000679A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO CRASH INTO SNOW OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY DURING LOW PASS WITH STUDENT AT CONTROLS.

## 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 CHI81FET03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FET03), Jan 18, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N9943W), Michigan City, IN, substantial damage

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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