# Accident 20050719024079A: Piper PA22, Plainwell, MI, July 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2005, 11:30 local time
- Place: Plainwell, MI
- Airport: Otsego Plainwell Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4473° N, 85.6413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainwell, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4473&lon=-85.6413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2645A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2645A-2006-04-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Reported engine: LYC O320B1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 134 total, 4 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050719024079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS FAR PART 91, ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT 1130 EST ON JULY 19, 2005. THE PILOT/OWNER AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK OFF FROM PLAINWELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (61D) TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO'S AND GET FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRCRAFT. ON DOWNWIND LEG THE PILOT PULLED ON CARBURETOR HEAT AND PULLED BACK POWER, FIVE SECONDS LATER THE ENGINE DIED AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOO FAR FROM THE AIRPORT TO GLIDE, SO THE PILOT PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN IN A POTATO FIELD, WHEN THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED THE GROUND IT DUG IN, THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND SLID TO A STOP. THE PILOT/OWNER RECEIVED A SMALL CUT ON ONE LEG AND THE OTHER PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD FUSELAGE, NOSE GEAR, BOTH WINGS, RUDDER AND ELEVATOR. VMC WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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