# Accident 20190621024659A: Piper PA-28-180, Cottrellville, MI, June 21, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2019, 19:35 local time
- Place: Cottrellville, MI
- Airport: Marine City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7172° N, 82.6114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7172&lon=-82.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2360R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2360R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 469 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190621024659A

## Narrative

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

COTTRELLVILLE, MICHIGAN (NEAR MARINE CITY AIRPORT ? K76G)

ON 6/21/2019 @ 1935 (E.S.T.) A PIPER PA-28-180 AIRCRAFT, U.S. REGISTERED AS N2360R, WAS BEING OPERATED BY OWNER / SOLE OCCUPANT, INTO A LANDING APPROACH TO RUNWAY (4) (K76G).

FOLLOWING A PRIOR FLIGHT FROM MARINE CITY (K76G) TO PONTIAC, MICHIGAN (KPTK), (WHEREAS A FUEL SLIP OBTAINED FROM K76G, SHOWS THAT N2360R TOOK ON 14.8 GALLONS OF FUEL AT THAT TIME):

AIRCRAFT RETURN FLIGHT FROM PONTIAC MI., ( KPTK) TO MARINE CITY AIRPORT (K76G) DEPARTURE AT 2238Z (1738 LOCAL) WAS TRAVELLING DUE EAST, (AN APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTE FLIGHT). UPON INITIAL VMC APPROACH, THE PILOT VOLUNTARILY ELECTED TO PERFORM A ?GO AROUND? FOR SIGHT-SEEING PURPOSES,  THEN TRAVELLING WEST, IN PREPARATION FOR TURN FOR A NORTH-EAST APPROACH. BEFORE TURN TOWARDS RUNWAY COULD BE EXECUTED, PILOT REPORTED THAT AIRCRAFT WAS DETERMINED TO BE TOO LOW IN ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED TO MAINTAIN A PROPER TURN AND APPROACH TO RUNWAY. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE MADE A DEMAND FOR POWER BY ADVANCING THE THROTTLE, IN ORDER TO GAIN ALTITUDE, BUT THAT THE ENGINE DID NOT PROVIDE ANTICIPATED ACCELERATION NEEDED TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED FOR A PROPER LANDING.

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ONLY HAD @1800 OR 2200 RPM AVAILABLE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT THROTTLE WAS FULLY ADVANCED. THE PILOT ORIGINALLY STATED TO FAA THAT THE THROTTLE WAS FULLY ADVANCED, BUT THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AS ANTICIPATED. (THE PILOT LATER REPORTED TO FAA THAT THE THROTTLE WOULD NOT PHYSICALLY ADVANCE PAST THE CENTER OF ITS FULL THROW.) THE AIRCRAFT DID IMPACT THE GROUND, IN A LARGE MARSH FIELD ABOUT 300 YARDS BEHIND RESIDENTIAL HOMES; WHICH IS ABOUT A HALF MILE SOUTH-WEST FROM THE (4) RUNWAY APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT WINGS WERE BROKEN FROM THE FUSELAGE, AS WELL AS THE NOSE WHEEL. THE PILOT WAS EXTRICATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS AFTER IMPACT, BY LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS. THERE WAS 1 INJURY (THE PIC) AND NO FATALITIES. IMMEDIATE STATEMENTS WERE PROVIDED BY THE PILOT, AND BY LOCAL WITNESSES, TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPRESENTATIVES.

## 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 CEN19LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA179), Jun 21, 2019: Piper PA28 (N2360R), Cottrellville Township, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power due to carburetor icing and the pilot’s failure to use carburetor heat in weather conditions conducive to serious carburetor icing. The reason for the pilot’s…

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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