# NTSB CHI80FEM14: Piper PA32RT, N9636C, Ironwood, MI, February 10, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: February 10, 1980
- Place: Ironwood, MI · IRONWOOD, MI
- Location: 46.4522° N, 90.1504° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ironwood, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4522&lon=-90.1504&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 5 minor
- Status: Completed, report April 30, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131835
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI80FEM14
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEM14

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0360  80/2/10    IRONWOOD,MI         PIPER PA32RT        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 28, 155
        TIME - 2245                    N9636C              PX-  0  1  4  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GOGEBIC COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          IRONWOOD,MI                 MINNEAPOLIS,MN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT
        REMARKS- RT DOOR BECAME DISLODGED AFT TKOF,RETURNED TO ARPT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9636C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Gogebic County

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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