# Incident 20030514020229I: Piper PA22160, Detroit, MI, May 14, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2003, 09:20 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2403° N, 83.5315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2403&lon=-83.5315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8714D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8714D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-A1A (registry code 42098, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 20 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030514020229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CLEARED FOR LANDING ON RWY 23R AT YIP. LANDING WAS NORMAL AT RWY CENTERLINE, SLIGHT WIND FROM 240/250 DEGREES, PLANE WAS SLOWING DOWN (NO BRAKING ACTION USED OR INTENDED) ON THE RWY AFTER A NORMAL 3-POINT LANDING. THE PLANE SUDDENLY VEERED HARD RIGHT, BRAKES WERE INEFFECTIVE TO STOP THE TURNING AND PERFORMING A GO-AROUND WAS NOT AN OPTION. THE PLANE LEFT THE RUNWAY ONTO SOFT GRASS AND SUBSEQUENTLY GROUND LOOPED. LEFT ELEVATOR DAMAGED AND LEFT WING LIGHTLY HIT THE GROUND WHEN STOPPED.

## Other reports on N8714D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19921218050959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921218050959A), Dec 18, 1992: Piper PA22160 (N8714D), Greensboro, NC, Substantial damage. Bounced on hard landing. Reported shimmy began. Lost control and ground looped. No defects reported.

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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