# Accident 19830903050069A: Piper PA15, Houghton Height, MI, September 3, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1983, 16:30 local time
- Place: Houghton Height, MI
- Airport: Lake State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3312° N, 84.7910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3312&lon=-84.7910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4142H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4142H-2012-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-15 (registry code 7101502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA15
- Reported engine: CONT A65*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83LA412](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA412) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830903050069A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREE AFTER PILOT MADE SHARP TURN AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT HAD NO CERTIFICATE OR MEDICAL.

## 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 CHI83LA412](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA412), Sep 3, 1983: Piper PA-15 (N4142H), Houghton Hts., MI, destroyed

## Other reports on N4142H (1)

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

- [Accident 19740228004159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740228004159A), Feb 28, 1974: Piper PA15 (N4142H), Elsa, TX, Destroyed. Blood alcohol-188MG per cent.

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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