# NTSB investigations, MI: Undershoot 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 CHI01LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA071.md): Cessna 152 · Ann Arbor, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 20, 2001 · N714UA · Substantial damage > The CFI's delay in iniating remedial action to arrest the sink rate which developed on final approach. Factors associated with the accident were the student pilot failed to maintain a proper glidepath on final approach and the snow bank which the airplane… - [NTSB CHI01LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA056.md): Cessna 150M · Allegan, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 31, 2000 · N63276 · Substantial damage > The proper glide path not maintained by the pilot. A factor to the accident was the deep snow. - [NTSB CHI00LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA193.md): Schleicher K8B · Manchester, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 2000 · N885D · Substantial damage > the downdraft experienced during final approach and altitude/clearance from the fence post not being maintained by the pilot. A factor to the accident was the fence post. - [NTSB CHI98LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA013.md): Schweizer FGS-233 · Ionia, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 12, 1997 · N5762S · Substantial damage > the pilot misjudged the landing approach which resulted in his failure to attain a proper touchdown point. A factor was the trees. - [NTSB CHI95LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA013.md): Learjet 23 · Holland, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 14, 1994 · N20TA · Substantial damage > The copilot's misjudgment of the touchdown point, and the pilot in command's inadequate supervision to avoid the accident. - [NTSB CHI93LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA230.md): Burkhart Grob G103 · Ionia, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 26, 1993 · N4101M · Substantial damage > The pilot in command's failure to maintain the proper glidepath. - [NTSB CHI92LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA168.md): Cessna 172M · Hastings, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 10, 1992 · N80490 · Substantial damage > The pilot-in-command's misjudgement of the touchdown point which resulted in an undershoot and damage to the elevator. In addition, the pilot-in-command failed to properly inspect the airplane for damage prior to further flight. - [NTSB CHI92LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA097.md): Luscombe 8A · Alpena, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 21, 1992 · N1405K · Substantial damage > The student pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point. Related factors are his misjudged approach and failure to take remedial action. - [NTSB CHI92LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA029.md): Cessna 172 · Howell, MI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 17, 1991 · N73475 · Substantial damage > Proper glidepath was not maintained resulting in an undershoot. A factor related to the accident was dark night flying conditions. - [NTSB CHI90LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA071.md): Cessna 177B · Acme, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 20, 1990 · N34860 · Substantial damage > The student pilot misjudged distance and altitude to the runway, and the instructor pilot (CFI) failed to attain remedial action, which resulted in their failure to attain the proper touchdown point. Factors related to the accident were: the cfi's lack of… - [NTSB CHI89LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA107.md): Cessna 172I · New Era, MI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 12, 1989 · N35561 · Substantial damage > The pilot's misjudgement of the proper touchdown point. - [NTSB CHI88LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA058.md): Beech A36 · Pontiac, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 4, 1988 · N383SP · Substantial damage - [NTSB CHI86LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA208.md): Schleicher ASW-20 · Ionia, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 17, 1986 · N12GH · Substantial damage > According to the plt, at approximately 20 miles south of Ionia county airport, Ionia, Michigan, he used frontal zone lift to climb to 4600 MSL (3800 AGL), and he encountered no further lift. The plt stated that he anticipated an increase in wind gradient… - [NTSB CHI84LA409](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA409.md): Let L-13 · Gregory, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 29, 1984 · N14420 · Substantial damage > According to the CFI the glider was at about 500 ft AGL on base leg when a downdraft caused the acft to descend and touch down 50 ft short of the rwy. - [NTSB CHI84LA392](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA392.md): Piper PA-28-140 · Grand Rapids, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 16, 1984 · N98017 · Substantial damage > In an effort to land at the threshold the acft collided with a fence and landed short of the prepared surface. Runway edge lights were operating but runway end identifier lights were not installed. - [NTSB CHI84LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA202.md): Luscombe 8E · Ortonville, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 19, 1984 · N455C · Substantial damage > The acft landed hard short of the rwy, bounced, & both landing gear collapsed. - [NTSB CHI83LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA248.md): Helio H-391B · Croton, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 5, 1983 · N4119D · Substantial damage > The acft collided with wires on an approach to a lake. - [NTSB CHI83LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA181.md): Cessna 172P · Mt. Pleasant, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 24, 1983 · N6155K · Substantial damage > While on a local sight-seeing flt, the plt elected to land at mt Pleasant, MI for lunch. A low pass was made over rwy 09. The plt reported that while he was on a second approach to land, the acft encountered wind gusts and a loss of altitude. The plane's… - [NTSB CHI83LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA159.md): Grumman AA-5B · Fraser, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 1, 1983 · N1517R · Substantial damage > The aircraft stalled and undershot the runway landing about 100 feet short, where it collided with a ditch and nosed over. The pilot and his wife aboard the aircraft were not injured. The aircraft landed on runway 09 and the wind was from 110 degrees at 15… - [NTSB CHI83LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA116.md): Cessna 150 · Three Oaks, MI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 21, 1983 · N704RX · Substantial damage > The instructor (CFI) & his student had started flying at aprx 1900 EST. The purpose was to give the student aprx 3 hrs of night instruction. A refueling stop was made at south bend, IN. According to the student, the CFI stayed in the acft during the… - [NTSB CHI82FA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA326.md): Ercoupe 415-C · Athens, MI · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 24, 1982 · N2928H · Destroyed > The acft was landing on rwy 27 which has a 350 ft displaced threshold due to 24 ft high power lines on the approach. A witness stated the plt was low & narrowly missed the wires on the first touch & go. During the second approach the plt was noticeably lower… - [NTSB CHI82DA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA120.md): Piper PA-34 · Gaylord, MI · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 14, 1982 · N8691E · Substantial damage > During a night visual approach the aircraft landed about 90 ft short of the runway. The aircraft slid across the ground onto the runway pavement and swerved to the right striking a runway light and ending up on a snowbank. - [NTSB CHI82DA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA074.md): Cessna 152 · Williamsburg, MI · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Feb 27, 1982 · N47559 · Substantial damage > During a VFR approach the pilot stated he was concentrating on not landing long. The aircraft touched down in snow about 50 feet short of the landing area and slid, nose down, for approximately 50 feet. The pilot had flown a total of 3.2 hours in the last 90… - [NTSB CHI82DA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA020.md): Cessna 150L · Charlotte, MI · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jan 2, 1982 · N1549Q · Substantial damage > After returning to the airport, the pilot used full flaps during a crosswind landing. The wind was from 090 degrees, gusting 20 to 25 knots. The pilot stated that he added power when the aircraft stalled at about 10 ft AGL. The plane touched down in snow… ## 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" = 390) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=390&state=MI --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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