# NTSB CHI71FET25: Piper PA-28, N8037N, Coldwater, MI, April 14, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: April 14, 1971
- Place: Coldwater, MI · COLDWATER, MI
- Location: 41.9460° N, 84.9993° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coldwater, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9460&lon=-84.9993&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 160780
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI71FET25
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI71FET25

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1770  71/4/14    COLDWATER,MICH      PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 312
        TIME - 1530                    N8037N              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 178 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BRANCH COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          COLDWATER,MICH              LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
        REMARKS- TKOF FROM FARM FIELD.HIGH GRASS,ROLLING TERRAIN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8037N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8037N-1972-08-15), registration cancelled 1972-08-15, S/N 28-25282, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Branch County

## Other investigations on N8037N (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 CHI72FEM70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FEM70), May 18, 1972: Piper PA-28 (N8037N), Sunfield, MI, destroyed

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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