# Accident 20050828024769A: Piper PA28181, Ypsilanti, MI, August 28, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2005, 16:30 local time
- Place: Ypsilanti, MI
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2381° N, 83.5303° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2381&lon=-83.5303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8103V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8103V-2013-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 605 total, 600 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA247) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050828024769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ DEPARTED HAYWOOD AIRPORT ENROUTE TO ADRIAN (ADG) AT APPROXIMATELY 15:30 LOCAL ON 28 AUGUST 2005. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ LANDED ON RUNWAY 23 AT ADG. AT APPROXIMATELY 16:00 LOCAL (THE SAME DAY) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ DEPARTED ADG ENROUTE TO HAYWOOD AIRPORT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ REACHED HAYWOOD AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 16:30 LOCAL, AS THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND HE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND THAT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO HAVE A HARD LANDING AND SHEARED OFF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY THIS INSPECTOR. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE AIRCRAFT FIREWALL WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED, AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE MOUNT BROKEN, FUSELAGE DAMAGED AND RIGHT WING TIP DAMAGE.

## 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 CHI05CA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA247), Aug 28, 2005: Piper PA-28-181 (N8103V), Ypsilanti, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in his inability to properly flare the airplane and the subsequent hard landing.

## Other reports on N8103V (1)

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

- [Incident 20000603032959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000603032959I), Jun 3, 2000: Piper PA28181 (N8103V), Ypsilanti, MI, Minor damage. (-23)The airstrip was wet and muddy. The aircraft did not accelerate as expected and the takeoff was aborted, braking action was poor in the wet grass. The…

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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