# Accident 20010202000519A: Piper PA34220T, Charlevoix, MI, February 2, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2001, 15:00 local time
- Place: Charlevoix, MI
- Airport: Charlevoix Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3049° N, 85.2753° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLEVOIX MUNI (CVX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3049&lon=-85.2753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4123K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4123K-2011-06-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 GB (registry code 17070, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-gb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010202000519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDING RUNWAY 27, CVX, WIND REPORTED AS 320 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS. PILOT STATED HE DID NOT GET PROPERLY LINED UP WIHT RUNWAY, DID NOT USE PROPER CROSS WIND TECHNIQUE. A/C DRIFTED OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY, STRUCK FROZEN SNOW BANK AND RUNWAY LIGHT, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, DAMAGE TO LEFT PROPELLER, LEFT WING LEADING EDGE AND TRAILING EDGE, DAMAGE TO LEFT WING REAR SPAR AND SOME RIBS, LANDING GEAR DAMAGE.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (.19) ON FEBRUARY 2, 2001, AT 1642 EST, A PIPER PA-34-220T, N4123K, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, COLLIDED WITH A RUNWAY LIGHT AND SNOW BANK FOLLOWING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING. THE LANDING WAS BEING MADE ON RUNWAY 27 (4,550 FEET BY 75 FEET), AT THE CHARLEVOIX MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CHARLEVOIX, MICHIGAN. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDTIONS AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, AT 1500 EST.

## 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 CHI01LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA078), Feb 2, 2001: Piper PA-34-220T (N4123K), Charlevoix, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot failed to maintain directional control of the airplane due to inadequate compensation for the wind conditions. Factors associated with the accident were the gusty crosswind, the icy runway,…

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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