- Date
- August 9, 1978
- Place
- Holland, MI · HOLLAND, MI
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N187SPPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780809023849A
- Case key
- 140114
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2302 78/8/9 NR.HOLLAND,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 408 TIME - 1245 N187SP PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 74 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TULIP CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARBOR SPRINGS,MI KOKOMO,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- PLT STATED UNICOM ADVISED LANDING RWY 08. NEAREST WX STATION RPT WINDS 290DEG AT 8KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N187SP
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tulip City
N187SPRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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