# Accident 19810720047219A: Piper PA31350, Mount Pleasant, MI, July 20, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1981, 07:17 local time
- Place: Mount Pleasant, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5967° N, 84.7760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Pleasant, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5967&lon=-84.7760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500KH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,048 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 253 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEM32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEM32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810720047219A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES ON MISSED APPROACH. REMAINED AIRBORNE, LANDED SAFELY. REPORTED RADAR ALTIMETER DEFECT. WAS SET TOO LOW

## 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 CHI81FEM32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEM32), Jul 20, 1981: Piper PA-31 (N500KH), Mt Pleasant, MI, 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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