# Accident 20170718012499A: Piper PA-22-160, Breckenridge, MI, July 18, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2017, 18:20 local time
- Place: Breckenridge, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2625° N, 84.8925° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2625&lon=-84.8925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9807D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9807D-2019-01-28) (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 PA-22-160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,106 total, 450 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA416](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA416) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170718012499A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 18, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:20 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-22-160 AIRCRAFT, N9807D, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT OVERTURNED DURING LANDING ON THE WESTBOUND RUNWAY OF A PRIVATE GRASS AIRPORT IN BRECKENRIDGE, MICHIGAN.

THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE PILOT?S PRIVATE GRASS AIRPORT AT HIS HOME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS PRACTICING A SHORT FIELD LANDING WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY DESCENDED TOO LOW. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK CORN PLANTED ACROSS A DIRT ROAD BORDERING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TOUCHED DOWN ON THE ROAD SURFACE AND IMPACTED A CULVERT AT THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE RESULTANT FORCES LEAD THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE UPON FINAL TOUCH DOWN ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE. AS THE AIRCRAFT DUG INTO THE SOD, IT OVERTURNED AND CAME TO REST.

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE WEATHER REPORT AT KAMN AIRPORT AT 1811Z WAS: WIND 200 DEGREES AT 08 GUSTING TO 17 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, CLEAR, TEMP 28, DEW POINT 15, AND ALTIMETER 3007.

## 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 GAA17CA416](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA416), Jul 18, 2017: Piper PA 22 (N9807D), Breckenridge, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of situational awareness during the approach over a corn field, which resulted in collision with corn stalks.

## Other reports on N9807D (2)

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

- [Accident 19921004040169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921004040169A), Oct 4, 1992: Piper PA22160 (N9807D), West Branch, MI, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing. Over controlled trying to recover resulted in a ground loop.
- [Accident 19780725022679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780725022679A), Jul 25, 1978: Piper PA22160 (N9807D), Evart, MI, Substantial damage. Wind gusts to 17 knots.

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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