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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Cedar Springs, MI · July 5, 2018

Date: July 5, 2018 · 16:15 local
Place: Cedar Springs, MI
Airport: Pvt Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2234F
Reported as: Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,701 total500 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N2234FRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 28-7990207 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot departed from ktvc airport at 1445 local on July 18, 2018 on his way to his private airstrip located in the Cedar Springs township. During the landing approach to the airstrip, pilot miss judged the height of his corn crop adjacent to the airstrip on the left side. The aircraft left wing tip contacted the top of the corn, as he was descending, aircraft rotated to the left and came to rest on the left side of the runway. As the aircraft was spinning to the final resting place, the nose gear was torn off the aircraft, rear bulkhead and elevator attachment bracket struck ground and bent, left wing tip leading edge is damage from the corn strike and left rear spar was found to be bent. Pilot was uninjured, exited the aircraft and reported the incident.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED FROM KTVC AIRPORT AT 1445 LOCAL ON JULY 18, 2018 ON HIS WAY TO HIS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP LOCATED IN THE CEDAR SPRINGS TOWNSHIP. DURING THE LANDING APPROACH TO THE AIRSTRIP, PILOT MISS JUDGED THE HEIGHT OF HIS CORN CROP ADJACENT TO THE AIRSTRIP ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE TOP OF THE CORN, AS HE WAS DESCENDING, AIRCRAFT ROTATED TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS SPINNING TO THE FINAL RESTING PLACE, THE NOSE GEAR WAS TORN OFF THE AIRCRAFT, REAR BULKHEAD AND ELEVATOR ATTACHMENT BRACKET STRUCK GROUND AND BENT, LEFT WING TIP LEADING EDGE IS DAMAGE FROM THE CORN STRIKE AND LEFT REAR SPAR WAS FOUND TO BE BENT. PILOT WAS UNINJURED, EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT.