# NTSB CHI80DEM32: Piper PA-28, N41973, Lake Leelanau, MI, July 2, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 2, 1980
- Place: Lake Leelanau, MI · LAKE LEELANAU, MI
- Location: 44.9807° N, 85.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Leelanau, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9807&lon=-85.7164&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 13, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 129853
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI80DEM32
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEM32

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1109   80/7/2    LAKE LEELANAU,MI    PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 31, 76 TOTAL
        TIME - 1230                    N41973              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 59 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KRIEGER FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TRAVERSE CITY,MI            LAKE LEELANAU,MI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
        REMARKS- VAN DROVE INTO PATH OF LNDG ACFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N41973](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41973), registered now, S/N 28-7405155 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Krieger Field

## 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 19800702024289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800702024289A), Jul 2, 1980: Piper PA28180, Lake Leelanau, MI, Destroyed. Car pulled out on runway in front of landing aircraft. Pilot unable to avoid crash.

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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