# Incident 19851228071589I: Piper PA32301, Pontiac, MI, December 28, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1985, 15:14 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland Pontiac
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6492° N, 83.2874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pontiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6492&lon=-83.2874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8281Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8281Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 16 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851228071589I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SIDE OF RUNWAY AFTER LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

## Other reports on N8281Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19861229069639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861229069639A), Dec 29, 1986: Piper PA32301 (N8281Y), Chicago/Wheelin, IL, Substantial damage. Entered a spin due to heavy airframe ice. Recovered but overshot runway on landing and hit a guard rail. Known icing

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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