- Date
- May 22, 1975
- Place
- Ypsilanti, MI · YPSILANTI, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2189TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750522012059A
- Case key
- 148423
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1071 75/5/22 YPSILANTI,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 282 TIME - 2315 N2189T PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLOW RUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAGINAW,MI YPSILANTI,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT RQSTD STROBE LGT DEMO,BECAME TEMP BLINDED,ATMTD FLT BY INST REF.HIT TREES ABT 600FT BFR RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2189T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Willow Run
N2189TRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2189T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.