# Accident 20130302002739A: Piper PA-22, Baraga, MI, March 2, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2013, 12:06 local time
- Place: Baraga, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7700° N, 88.4867° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7700&lon=-88.4867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2238A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2238A-2014-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 197 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130302002739A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HANCOCK MI (KCMX) WEATHER VFR NO FLIGHT PLAN, WITH PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. PERSONAL EAA FUN FLIGHT TO PLOWED ICE LANDING SPOT ON KEWEENAW BAY LAKE SUPERIOR, NEAR BARAGA MI.

PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT HIT A FOUR FOOT SNOW BANK WHILE TAXING WHICH SHEARED OFF THE NOSE GEAR.  IT APPEARS TO HAVE STUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG WITH NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER AND COWLING DAMAGE.

STATE TROOPER ON SCENE STATED AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF PLOWED RUNWAY AND THEN HIT THE SNOW BANK ON LANDING . SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT NO INJURIES TO PILOT AND PASSENGER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN13CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA185), Mar 2, 2013: Piper PA22 (N2238A), Baraga, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during taxi.

## Other reports on N2238A (1)

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

- [Incident 19780528040659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780528040659I), May 28, 1978: Piper PA22 (N2238A), Broadview Heigh, OH. Engine lost RPM. Due to lean mixture. Carbureator gasket allowed intake of air.

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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