# Incident 20060617013249I: Piper PA31325, Pontiac, MI, June 17, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2006, 17:41 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6492° N, 83.2874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pontiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6492&lon=-83.2874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N824AB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N824AB-2008-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31325
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,386 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060617013249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 17TH, 2006, N824AB PIPER PA-31 DEPARTED JACKSON COUNTY AIRPORT ENROUTE TO PONTIAC MI. THE PILOT ALSO HAD HIS WIFE AS A PASSENGER IN THE RIGHT SEAT. AFTER SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH HIS WIFE ABOUT HER BEING CAPABLE OF LANDING THE AIRCRAFT IN CASE THE PILOT EVER BECAME INCAPACITATED, THEY DECIDED TO ALLOW HER TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT ON AUTOPILOT AND LAND THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING ON 27L AND FLARED APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AT WHICH TIME THE PILOT TOLD HER TO PULL THE POWER BACK TO LAND. SHE INADVERTENTLY PUSHED THE POWER FORWARD INSTEAD. THE PILOT THEN TOOK OVER, PULLED THE POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO STOP SAFELY BEFORE REACHING THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WENT ABOUT 10FT PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE PROP TO CONTACT A RUNWAY LIGHT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO TAXI OUT OF THIS AREA ON ITS OWN POWER AND RETURN TO ITS MAIN BASE AT MICHIGAN AVIATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NOTE: THE PILOT IS ALSO A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.

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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