# Incident 19830402020109I: Piper PA24250, Petersburg, MI, April 2, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1983, 14:00 local time
- Place: Petersburg, MI
- Airport: Lada
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8904° N, 83.6730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lada Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8904&lon=-83.6730&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8347P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8347P-2021-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830402020109I

## Narrative

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

TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF ALONG EDGE OF RUNWAY NOSE WHEEL SANK INTO A COLLAPSED CULVERT. SOD RUNWAY SOFT. RECENT RAIN.

## Other reports on N8347P (3)

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

- [Accident 20210102002689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210102002689A), Jan 2, 2021: Piper PA-24-250 (N8347P), New Hudson, MI, Destroyed, 3 fatal. On January 2, at 1541 EST, a Piper PA-24-250 airplane, N8347P was destroyed when it was in an accident in New Hudson, Michigan. The pilot and two passengers…
- [Incident 20060408009709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060408009709I), Apr 8, 2006: Piper PA24250 (N8347P), Jackson, MI, Minor damage. (-23) After landing, aircraft veered left and struck a sign which damaged the left flap.
- [Incident 19851105069319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851105069319I), Nov 5, 1985: Piper PA24250 (N8347P), Mackinac Island, MI, Minor damage. Landed with gear partially extended. No mechanical malfunctions found except for inoperative gear warning horn.

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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