# Accident 20001024043079A: Piper PA28R200, Gaylord, MI, October 24, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2000, 20:08 local time
- Place: Gaylord, MI
- Airport: Otsego County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0235° N, 84.7630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0235&lon=-84.7630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15900, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15900-2013-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 969 total, 850 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001024043079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT AND PASSENGER DID NOT SURVIVE THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CHI01FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA025), Oct 25, 2000: Piper PA-28R-200 (N15900), Gaylord, MI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining proper glideslope and localizer alignment during the precision instrument approach, the pilot continuing flight below the decision height, the pilot not performing a missed…

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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