# Incident 19820502029179I: Piper PA28140, Gladstone, MI, May 2, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1982, 19:55 local time
- Place: Gladstone, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8505° N, 87.0262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gladstone, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8505&lon=-87.0262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4158J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4158J-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 181 total, 25 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820502029179I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE TOP WHILE BUZZING AREA OF PILOTS HOME. IMPACT DAMAGED AIRCRAFTS WING.

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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