# Accident 20040531011169A: Hall LANCAIR4P, Vermontville, MI, May 31, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2004, 13:45 local time
- Place: Vermontville, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6300° N, 85.0606° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6300&lon=-85.0606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N707SH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N707SH-2017-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hall Steve LANCAIR 4P (registry code 05610X2, https://openairdocs.org/model/hall-steve-lancair-4p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HALL LANCAIR4P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040531011169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) LANCAIR IVP N707SH, DEPARTED YPSILANTI, MI (9MI0) WITH TWO PASSENGERS AND BAGGAGE ON BOARD. WITNESSES SAW THE AIRCRAFT SPIRALING TOWARD THE GROUND AND HEARD A LOUD THUD AT APPROXIMATELY 1345 EDT IN VERMONTVILLE, MI (EATON COUNTY) LAT/LONG N42 37.793, W85 03.632. PILOT AND BOTH PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEMOLISHED. THE WEATHER AT AREA AIRPORTS WAS VFR WITH GUSTY WINDS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. THE PILOT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM YIP TO BILLINGS, MT AND WAS COMMUNICATING WITH ATC. THE PILOT REPORTED TURBULENCE AND TROUBLE MAINTAINING ALTITUDE AT 10,000 FT. AND REQUESTED 12,000 FT. THE PILOT THEN REPORTED HAVING A CONTROL PROBLEM. APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MINUTES LATER THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN ON A HILL WITH TREES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE IMPACT AREA. EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE SHOWED ALL STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT SHEARED OFF FROM FORCE OF IMPACT. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSISTENT WITH A LEVEL ATTITUDE IMPACT WITHOUT MUCH FORWARD MOVEMENT VERIFIED BY THE BROKEN BRANCHES OF THE TREE JUST TO THE WEST OF THE SITE. THE GEAR WAS IN THE FULL DOWN POSITION.

## 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 CHI04LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA129), May 31, 2004: Hall Lancair IV-P (N707SH), Vermontville, MI, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of Air Route Traffic Control Center controllers to provide adverse weather avoidance assistance as required by FAA directives, which led to the airplane's encounter with a thunderstorm…

## Other reports on N707SH (1)

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

- [Accident 20010528011699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010528011699A), May 28, 2001: Amtr LANCAIR4P (N707SH), Bennett, CO, No damage. (-23)On a short sightseeing flight, the pilot moticed a fluxuating oil pressure from 0 to "10" PSI. He turnes the aircraft back towards the airport and after 2…

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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