# Accident 20040918026909A: Piper PA16, Port Huron, MI, September 18, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2004, 12:25 local time
- Place: Port Huron, MI
- Airport: St Clair County International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9111° N, 82.5289° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9111&lon=-82.5289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5891H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5891H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA16
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,736 total, 27 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA296) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040918026909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRPORT FACILITY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ESCORTED US TO THE AIRCRAFT RECOVERY SITE. AT THAT TIME WE CONDUCTED THE RUNWAY INVESTIGATION FINDING EVIDENCE OF IRREGULAR SKIDS, GOUGES ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THEN ASSESSED THE AIRPLANE, FINDING THE GEAR ROLLED INWARD ON A FIXED GEAR TYPE AIRCRAFT. WE INTERVIEWED THE PILOT AND FOUND HER STORY NOT MATCHING THE EVIDENCE.

## 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 CHI04CA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA296), Sep 18, 2004: Piper PA-16 (N5891H), Port Huron, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll which resulted in the overload failure of the right main landing gear.

## Other reports on N5891H (1)

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

- [Incident 20210819013839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210819013839I), Aug 19, 2021: Piper PA-16 (N5891H), Janesville, WI, Minor damage. On August 19, 2021 at approximately 1145 N5891H a 1949 Piper PA-16 landed at southern Wisconsin regional airport (kjvl). N5891H was observed taxing on the ramp…

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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