# NTSB investigations, MI: On ground/water encounter with terrain/water

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CHI08CA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA058.md): Cessna 172F · Crystal Falls, MI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 29, 2007 · N8191U · Substantial damage
  > The rough, unsuitable terrain encountered during the landing which resulted in the total failure of the nose landing gear.
- [NTSB CHI04CA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA175.md): Ercoupe 415C · Lake City, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 3, 2004 · N2546H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot selecting the wrong runway for the wind conditions and his delay in executing an aborted takeoff resulting in the airplane running off the departure end of the runway and into a ditch. The tailwind and the ditch were contributing factors.
- [NTSB CHI03LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA194.md): Cessna 172M · Roscommon, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 2, 2003 · N172DE · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a water landing. A factor contributing to the accident was the rough water.
- [NTSB CHI03LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA035.md): Cessna 172N · Holland, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 4, 2002 · N5321D · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot failed to maintain directional control during landing roll. Additional factors include the student pilot's lack of total flight experience, the CFI's inadequate supervision, and the ice and snow on the runway.
- [NTSB CHI02CA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02CA202.md): Eckstein RV-6A · Mattawan, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 19, 2002 · N747BS · Substantial damage
  > Failure by the pilot in command to attain a proper touchdown point considering the available runway length. The rough, uneven runway surface and the soft area at the far end of the runway were contributing factors.
- [NTSB CHI02CA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02CA191.md): Cessna 150H · Mecosta, MI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 13, 2002 · N6912S · Substantial damage
  > The airplane encountered unsuitable terrain and the pilot applied excessive braking during the aborted takeoff. A factor contributing to the accident was the sandy terrain.
- [NTSB CHI02CA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02CA184.md): Piper PA-34 · Lowell, MI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 7, 2002 · N52WP · Substantial damage
  > The probable cause of this accident was a failure to properly compensate for the current wind conditions. Excessive use of brakes was a contributing factor.
- [NTSB CHI01LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA207.md): Burkhart Grob G 103 Twin II · Ionia, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 12, 2001 · N140BG · Substantial damage
  > The pilot not maintaining clearance from the tall grass during his recovery from the bounced landing. A factor was the tall grass.
- [NTSB CHI01LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA106.md): Cessna 172RG · Sunfield, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 31, 2001 · N6448V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight preparation and the unsuitable terrain for takeoff encountered. Factors included the slushy runway and the snowbank.
- [NTSB CHI00LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA155.md): Edgerly S-12 · Hartford, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 9, 2000 · N3148E · Substantial damage
  > restricted directional control. Factors relating to this accident were the rough, uneven runway, and the trees.
- [NTSB CHI99LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA107.md): Piper J4A · Howell, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 1999 · N30412 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the snow covered terrain off the side of the runway while turning the airplane around on the runway. A factor associated with the accident was the snow covered terrain.
- [NTSB CHI99LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA038.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Hancock, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 25, 1998 · N5256T · Substantial damage
  > the pilot became disoriented while taxiing at an unfamiliar airport and his failure to reduce engine power when the airplane departed the paved surface. Factors associated with the accident were the dark night condition, the pilot did not follow the correct…
- [NTSB CHI98LA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA345.md): Piper PA-23-250 · Grosse Ile, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 26, 1998 · N33MP · Substantial damage
  > the pilot in command (CFI)'s diverted attention and his failure to select landing gear extension.
- [NTSB CHI97LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA051.md): Piper PA-32-260 · St. Ignace, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 13, 1997 · N33797 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain proper runway alignment during the takeoff roll. A factor associated with the accident was the snowbank which the airplane contacted.
- [NTSB CHI96LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA058.md): Cessna 150B · Grant, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 16, 1995 · N1219Y · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain and the weak ice-covered runway.
- [NTSB CHI93LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA160.md): Aerospatiale ATR-42-300 · Muskegon, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 5, 1993 · N254AT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command's misjudging the flare.
- [NTSB CHI92LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA291.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Lansing, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 25, 1992 · N5122S · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate planning and decision-making.
- [NTSB CHI92LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA242.md): Cessna 182R · Litchfield, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 15, 1992 · N5446N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command's failure to use all available runway and his not aborting the takeoff when the wing contacted the corn. A factor was the corn along side the runway.
- [NTSB CHI92LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA076.md): Cessna 414 · Gaylord, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 19, 1992 · N6814R · Substantial damage
  > Directional control was not maintained by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were: airport snow removal had not been performed by the airport personnel, a dark night with falling snow and the snowbank on the runway.
- [NTSB CHI89LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA108.md): Stinson 108-2 · Cedar, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 11, 1989 · N151C · Substantial damage
  > Pilot in command attempting to land with too high an aispeed and with insufficient runway remaining to allow either a go around or the ability to bring the airplane to a stop in the space remaining.
- [NTSB CHI89DEM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89DEM01.md): Cessna 188A · Belding, MI · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jun 3, 1989 · N5658J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's poor preflight assessment of the runway condition/aircraft performance capabilities, and the aircraft's resultant failure to attain flying speed. Soft terrain is a factor in the accident.
- [NTSB CHI89DEC04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89DEC04.md): Bridges LONG-EZ · Rochester Hills, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Apr 23, 1989 · N642JB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to takeoff from unsuitable terrain which resulted in damage to the propeller and nose gear.
- [NTSB CHI88DEM10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88DEM10.md): Grumman G-164B · Schoolcraft, MI · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 18, 1988 · N48417 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot failed to maintain directional control while maneuvering the aircraft to avoid an obstacle during the landing roll. The aircraft's right wing impacted a corn crop and the aircraft swerved/ground looped to the right and skidded to a stop, nose down.…
- [NTSB CHI88LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA063.md): Cessna 152 · Lansing, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 13, 1988 · N49540 · Substantial damage
  > While taxiing for takeoff the aircraft experienced a nose over when it contacted a snowbank. The instructor stated that she allowed the student pilot to taxi too fast and was unable to take control of the aircraft soon enough to avoid hitting the snowbank.
- [NTSB CHI87IA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87IA163.md): Boeing 757-251 · Detroit, MI · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 18, 1987 · N515US · Minor damage
  > A northwest airlines Boeing 757, operating as flight 336, scraped the tail cone area of the fuselage on the runway when the pilot failed to maintain sufficient ground clearance during rotation and takeoff from Detroit, Michigan. The Boeing 757 flight…
- [NTSB CHI87LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA084.md): Cessna 172 · Charlevoix, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 14, 1987 · N8896B · Substantial damage
  > Upon landing the nose wheel buckled after striking a snowbank and the aircraft flipped over. Pilot reported there was a problem with the nose wheel although inspection of the nose wheel after the accident did not reveal any malfunction.
- [NTSB CHI87LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA077.md): Lake LA-4-200 · Bridgman, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 4, 1987 · N6686L · Substantial damage
  > Plt was attempting to takeoff from a soft field. The gear caught a rise in the field and acft settled back to the soft ground tearing off the nose wheel and damaging both wings.
- [NTSB CHI87LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA036.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Gaylord, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 16, 1986 · N2357E · Substantial damage
  > The plt landed on a closed rwy and the acft collided with a snowbank. A NOTAM had been issued three days prior, closing the rwy, however, the plt stated that he had not checked notoms prior to departing traverse city. A plt of another acft, who reported being…
- [NTSB CHI87LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA025.md): Piper PA-34-220T · Detroit, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 12, 1986 · N8161K · Substantial damage
  > Upon landing at Detroit metropolitan airport, the pilot stated that he was instructed by the tower to make a right turn on runway 3C or taxiway j, and taxi to butler aviation. The pilot then turned onto what he thought was taxiway j, but was actually a paved…
- [NTSB CHI84LA407](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA407.md): Cessna 150M · Clio, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 27, 1984 · N6106K · Substantial damage
  > The airport consists of three sod strips none of which contains rwy lights. The CFI and student departed the arpt for a local night flight. The CFI stated that upon returning to the arpt he called the arpt office on the UNICOM freq and requested the night…
- [NTSB CHI84LA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA309.md): Glasflugel Libelle · Osseo, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 1984 · N1106B · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that the thermals dissipated & he had to make an off arpt landing. The landing was made in a field of tall grass & the left wing contacted the grass first resulting in a 90 deg ground loop. The aft fuselage section separated.
- [NTSB CHI84LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA137.md): Smith, Ted Aerostar 600 · Detroit, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 23, 1984 · N9823Q · Substantial damage
  > The taxiway collapsed under the acft as the plt prepared for takeoff. The asphalt surface gave way due to sub-surface erosion and a four ft hole resulted. The acfts left main gear was sheared off.
- [NTSB CHI83LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA314.md): Flug-Und Fahrzeugwerke Diamant · Frankfort, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 10, 1983 · N37AC · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that during a winch tow takeoff the right wing caught in tall grass & soft sand, & the glider ground-looped.
- [NTSB CHI83FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA220.md): Schaffer-Provencher UW · Stockbridge, MI · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 18, 1983 · N37SP · Substantial damage
  > The balloon landed downslope at about 7 KTS in a rip/drag landing without ground assistance. One of the two passengers was on the downslope side of the basket facing the direction of landing. She lost her grip on the top rail of the basketduring touchdown and…
- [NTSB CHI83LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA118.md): Piper PA-28-140 · Harrisville, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 13, 1983 · N8304R · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that during a touch-and-go landing on a snow covered rwy, the acft hit a chunk of frozen snow. Reportedly, he had departed from the same rwy & had been making touch-and-go landing, but did not see the obstruction.
- [NTSB CHI82DA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA297.md): Lake LA-4-200 · Standard Rock, MI · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 2, 1982 · N6164V · Destroyed
  > After landing on a Lake to fish, the water got rough, so the pilot attempted a takeoff. During the takeoff run, the left float hit a wave and broke off. The takeoff was aborted without further damage.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'MI' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 320)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=320&state=MI

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