# Incident 20070922825449I: Piper PA22160, Howard City, MI, September 22, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2007, 15:00 local time
- Place: Howard City, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3933° N, 85.4661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Howard City, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3933&lon=-85.4661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3426Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3426Z-2014-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 15 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070922825449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED ON PRIVATE NORTHEAST SOD RUNWAY (APPROX. CENTERLINE 045 DEGREES) AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE FIRST THIRD OF THE RUNWAY HAVE NUMEROUS TREES CLOSELY SITUATED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT PLANNED HIS APPROACH TO REMAIN ABOVE THE TREES WHICH RESULTED IN A TOUCH DOWN ON THE RUNWAY APPROX. 1,000 FEET BEYOND THE APPROACH END OF THE 2,000 FOOT RUNWAY. PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE BRAKES WERE NOT EFFECTIVELY STOPPING THE AIRCRAFT AND HE ELECTED TO EXIT THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, INTO A SOY BEAN FIELD, TO ASSIST IN STOPPING THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER ENTERING THE SOY BEAN FIELD, ALONG THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE AND FLIPPED OVER, COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES BUT THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE WING TIPS, PROP, WIND SHIELD AND NOSE LANDING GEAR. NO DAMAGE THAT QUALIFIED AS AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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