# Accident 19831112056919A: Piper PA22150, Easton Township, MI, November 12, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1983, 15:30 local time
- Place: Easton Township, MI
- Airport: Ionia Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9379° N, 85.0606° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IONIA COUNTY (Y70), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9379&lon=-85.0606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6903D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6903D-2013-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 30 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI84FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831112056919A

## Narrative

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

STALLED AND SPIRALED TO THE GROUND AFTER EXECUTING A STEEP LOW ALTITUDE TURN. THREE PILOTS ONBOARD.

## 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 CHI84FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA042), Nov 12, 1983: Piper PA-22-150 (N6903D), Easton Township, MI, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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