- Date
- April 16, 1978
- Place
- Battle Creek, MI · BATTLE CREEK, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4356TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780416012889A
- Case key
- 141911
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1419 78/4/16 BATTLE CREEK,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 3000 TIME - 1704 N4356T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KELLOGG REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WAUKEGAN,IL BATTLE CREEK,MI SOUTH BEND,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- STRUCK 6 FOOT HIGH CHAIN LINK FENCE LOCATED 75 FEET SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4356T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kellogg Regional
N4356TRegistration cancelled Jul 16, 2013 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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 N4356T · 1
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