# Accident 19840101000089A: Piper PA28180, Traverse City, MI, January 1, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1984, 13:05 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7314° N, 85.7442° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7314&lon=-85.7442&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3776T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3776T-1984-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 38 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI84FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840101000089A

## Narrative

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

BUZZED FROZEN LAKE. MISJUDJED ALTITUDE DUE TO SNOW COVER AND POOR VISIBILITY. IMPACTED FROZEN LAKE, CARTWHEELED.

## 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 CHI84FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA073), Jan 1, 1984: Piper PA-28R-180 (N3776T), Traverse City, MI, destroyed, 2 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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