# NTSB CEN22LA442: Piper PA-18, N7207, Battle Creek, MI, September 27, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: September 27, 2022, 10:00, time zone not recorded
- Place: Battle Creek, MI
- Location: 42.3212° N, 85.1797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Battle Creek, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3212&lon=-85.1797&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106375
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA442
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106375/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA442

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Unknown: Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-18, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337/sequence.md?model=7101802), [All aircraft, 290 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7207](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7207), registered now, S/N 18-7859, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (registry code 7101802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91

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.

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