# NTSB CHI77DEM29: Schemp Cirrus, N111JT, Ionia, MI, June 25, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 25, 1977
- Place: Ionia, MI · IONIA, MI
- Location: 42.9768° N, 85.0746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ionia, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9768&lon=-85.0746&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 21, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 158110
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI77DEM29
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77DEM29

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1209  77/6/25    IONIA,MI            SCHEMP CIRRUS       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 480
        TIME - 1710                    N111JT              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          IONIA,MI                    LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- SINGLE WHEEL RETRACTABLE.COLLIDED WITH HIDDEN FURROW.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N111JT](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N111JT-2012-05-24), registration cancelled 2012-05-24, S/N 257, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHEMP CIRRUS
- Registry model: [Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-standard-cirrus) (registry code 38019VE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19770625015139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770625015139A), Jun 25, 1977: Sphrth CIRRUSSTD, Ionia, MI, Substantial damage. Single wheel retractable. Collided with hidden furrow.

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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