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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Detroit, MI · August 13, 2004

Date
August 13, 2004 · 16:30 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Detroit City
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7662C
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
40 total40 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot was performing takeoff and landings on runway 15 at Detroit City Airport, on 08-13-04. On about the fourth landing the aircraft banked to the left and collided with the t-hangers. The pilot claims that he did not notice any abnormal operation of the aircraft, flight control system prior to the collision with the hanger.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 15 AT DETROIT CITY AIRPORT, ON 08-13-04. ON ABOUT THE FOURTH LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BANKED TO THE LEFT AND COLLIDED WITH THE T-HANGERS. THE PILOT CLAIMS THAT HE DID NOT NOTICE ANY ABNORMAL OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM PRIOR TO THE COLLISION WITH THE HANGER.