# Incident 20030316006429I: Piper PA28180, New Haven, MI, March 16, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2003, 21:00 local time
- Place: New Haven, MI
- Airport: Macomb Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7292° N, 82.7968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Haven, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7292&lon=-82.7968&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8268W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8268W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 135 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030316006429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT (MITCHELL L. WASHER) WAS ENROUTE, VFR TO PORT HURON (KPHN). WEATHER AT PORT HURON REPORTING IFR. MR. WASHER DECIDED TO LAND AT RAY COMMUNITY AIRPORT (57D), RUNWAY 9. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO RIGHT STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE LEFT WING IN THE AREA OF THE STALL VANE, BEFORE HITTING A SNOW BANK, BREAKING THE NOSE STRUT OFF. THE PROP ALSO HIT THE GROUND BENDING BOTH BLADES BACKWARDS 90 DEGREES AT ABOUT 10 INCHES FROM THE TIP.

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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