# Incident 19870819068239I: Piper PA42720, Bad Axe, MI, August 19, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1987, 16:30 local time
- Place: Bad Axe, MI
- Airport: Huron County Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7802° N, 82.9854° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HURON COUNTY MEML (BAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7802&lon=-82.9854&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40833 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA42720
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 180 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/19870819068239I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT VEERED AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT ON LANDING. FOUND THE LEFT MASTER CYLINDER HAD FAILED.

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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