# Incident 20130118000479I: Piper PA-31P, Charlevoix, MI, January 18, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2013, 16:23 local time
- Place: Charlevoix, MI
- Airport: Charlevoix Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3049° N, 85.2753° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLEVOIX MUNI (CVX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3049&lon=-85.2753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N376DG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N376DG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIGO-541SER (registry code 41539, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tigo-541ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIGO-541SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,082 total, 683 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130118000479I

## Narrative

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

PILOT APPROACHED CHARLEVOIX (CVX) AIRPORT UNDER IFR FLIGHT PLAN, PILOT REPORTED IN STATEMENT THAT HE WAS ON GPS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 9, DESCENDING TO 2300 FT TO DUNAC PICKED UP THE GLIDESLOPE TO THE RUNWAY, THE GROUND BECAME VISIBLE THROUGH BROKEN CLOUDS AND SNOW AROUND 1600 FEET. AT 1400 FEET PICKED UP RUNWAY WITH NEEDLE CENTERED  AND ON GLIDE SLOPE. WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN HE WAS HIT WITH A GUST OF WIND AND A WHITE OUT, HE ENDED UP LANDING IN THE MEDIAN BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT STRUCK A CULVERT AND BROKE THE NOSE GEAR FORKS OFF; BOTH PROPS IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE NOSE GEAR STRUT DID NOT COLLAPSE. PICTURES RECEIVED DID NOT SHOW SIGNS OF MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N376DG (1)

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

- [Incident 20060310011409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060310011409I), Mar 10, 2006: Piper PA31P (N376DG), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. (-23) On 03/13/2006 received call to come over to Bowman airport (lou) and check on a p-navajo N376DG that landed with the left engine feathered. Investigation…

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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