# Incident 20180705025129I: Piper PA-28-181, Cedar Springs, MI, July 5, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2018, 16:15 local time
- Place: Cedar Springs, MI
- Airport: Pvt Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2204° N, 85.5544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Springs, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2204&lon=-85.5544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2234F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2234F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,701 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180705025129I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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