# Accident 20000918037129A: Piper PA16, Chesaning, MI, September 18, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2000, 14:53 local time
- Place: Chesaning, MI
- Airport: Howard Nixon Memorial Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1805° N, 84.1101° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1805&lon=-84.1101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5943H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5943H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA16
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA282) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000918037129A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT HOWARD NIXON MEMORIAL AIRPORT HIT TOPS OF TREES ON FINAL AND CRASHED AIRPLANE SHORT OF APP. END OF RWY 18.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI00LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA282), Sep 18, 2000: Piper PA-16 (N5943H), Chesaning, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot failed to maintain clearance from the trees. A factor was the trees.

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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