# NTSB CHI75DEC21: Piper PA-30, Port Huron, MI, October 28, 1974

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 28, 1974
- Place: Port Huron, MI · PORT HURON, MI
- Location: 42.9938° N, 82.4337° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Huron, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9938&lon=-82.4337&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 6, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 147029
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI75DEC21
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75DEC21

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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E-0008  74/10/28   PORT HURON,MICH     PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 443
        TIME - 1540                    CF-VLE              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO            TOTAL HOURS, 106 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ST CLAIR CO
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          ONTARIO,CAN                 FLINT,MICH                   PORT HURON,MICH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- NOSEWHEEL CTCTD RWY LIP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: CF-VLE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: St Clair Co

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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