# Incident 19911122061559I: Piper PA28180, West Branch, MI, November 22, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1991, 18:45 local time
- Place: West Branch, MI
- Airport: West Branch Community Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2448° N, 84.1798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WEST BRANCH COMMUNITY (Y31), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2448&lon=-84.1798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3998R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911122061559I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE ADDED POWER ON APPROACH TO CLEAR TREES. ENGINE FAILED TO RESPOND. HIT TREE TOPS. LANDED SAFELY.

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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