# Incident 20120407004629I: Piper PA-23, Beaver Island, MI, April 7, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2012, 18:30 local time
- Place: Beaver Island, MI
- Airport: Beaver Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6922° N, 85.5666° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEAVER ISLAND (SJX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6922&lon=-85.5666&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2281P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2281P-2013-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 600 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120407004629I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 07, 2012 AT 1830 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-23 AIRPLANE, N2281P WAS DAMAGED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT AT BEAVER ISLAND AIRPORT (SJX), BEAVER ISLAND, MICHIGAN.  THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT RULES.  DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT.  THE PILOT STATED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 09.  THE AIRPLANE STARTED DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT, THE PILOT STATED HE OVER CORRECTED THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT.  THE NOSE ,AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED.  THE NOSE SECTION ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR WAS DAMAGED.  THE STARBOARD ENGINE PROPELLOR WAS DAMAGED.

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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