43.7802° N, 82.9854° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at HURON COUNTY MEML (BAX), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 19, 1987 · 16:30 local
Place
Bad Axe, MI
Airport
Huron County Memorial
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N40833
Reported as
Piper PA42720
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total180 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft veered and struck a taxiway light on landing. Found the left master cylinder had failed.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT VEERED AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT ON LANDING. FOUND THE LEFT MASTER CYLINDER HAD FAILED.