# Incident 19850717076089I: Piper PA28R200, Battle Creek, MI, July 17, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1985, 19:07 local time
- Place: Battle Creek, MI
- Airport: W K Kellogg Regional
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3212° N, 85.1797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Battle Creek, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3212&lon=-85.1797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9370N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9370N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 200 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/19850717076089I

## Narrative

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

ENTERED AIRPORT TRAFFIC AREA WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OR RADIO CONTACT. PUBLIC COMPLAINT,LOW FLYING,BUZZING BALLONS.

## Other reports on N9370N (3)

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

- [Incident 20040721024679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040721024679I), Jul 21, 2004: Piper PA28R200 (N9370N), Lebanon, TN, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot departed 4TN9 to M54 at 3 pm CST. Upon departure, the gear in transit light remained lit. Upon reaching 2500 MSL pilot began cycling gear. Gear…
- [Incident 20010711016159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010711016159I), Jul 11, 2001: Piper PA28R200 (N9370N), Lebanon, TN, Minor damage. (-23) This was an instructional flight. After practicing emergency gear extensions in the traffic pattern the instructor and student were attempting another…
- [Incident 19861129078539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861129078539I), Nov 29, 1986: Piper PA28R200 (N9370N), Austin, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft landed with the nose wheel retracted. Shimmy damper broken and jammed into wheel well.

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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