# Incident 20070324006349I: Cvac 24027, Ypsilanti, MI, March 24, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2007, 18:24 local time
- Place: Ypsilanti, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: D7TA
- Location: 42.2444° N, 83.6212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ypsilanti, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2444&lon=-83.6212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N153PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N153PA-2020-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 240-27 (registry code 2422642, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-240-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 24027
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,500 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070324006349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N153PA ON APPROACH TO YIP REPORTED A LARGE BANG FOLLOWED BY BUFFETING. RIGHT HAND INBOARD (WING) LEADING EDGE MISSING UPON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION. WESTLAND POLICE DISPATCHED TO INTERSECTION OF MARQUETTE & CARLSON WHERE A CALLER REPORTED SEEING A LARGE METAL OBJECT FALLING FROM THE SKY (APPROX. 4.5 FEET LONG BY 3 FEET WIDE). OTHER PIECES WERE COLLECTED FROM NEARBY HIGH SCHOOL DRIVEWAY. DTW FSDO RETRIEVED PARTS FROM WESTLAND P.D. 03/27/07.

## Other reports on N153PA (1)

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

- [Accident 19820529024289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820529024289A), May 29, 1982: Cvac 24027 (N153PA), Detroit, MI, Substantial damage. Landed on taxiway in dense fog after an ILS approach. Rollout on grass between runways. Nose wheel sheared off.

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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