# Incident 19860225017179I: Piper PA28181, Ann Arbor, MI, February 25, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1986, 09:00 local time
- Place: Ann Arbor, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2761° N, 83.7312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ann Arbor, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2761&lon=-83.7312&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8575F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8575F-2026-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860225017179I

## Narrative

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

RETURNED AFTER TRIM SYSTEM BECAME INOPERATIVE. FOUND STABILATOR TRIM CONTROL CABLE BROKEN.

## Other reports on N8575F (1)

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

- [Accident 20241003016029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241003016029A), Oct 3, 2024: Piper PA-28-181 (N8575F), Tampa, FL, Substantial damage. On October 3, 2024, at 1230 EDT, a Piper PA28, [privacy data omitted] student pilot was flying solo cross country. When the aircraft had an engine failure…

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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