- Date
- April 13, 1982, 23:30 local (Apr 14, 1982, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gaylord, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8691EPiper PA-34
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820413030319A
- Case key
- 70817
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During a night visual approach the aircraft landed about 90 ft short of the runway. The aircraft slid across the ground onto the runway pavement and swerved to the right striking a runway light and ending up on a snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8691E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7670166
- Airframe hours
- 953
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Martenson
- Registered owner
- John Martenson
- Departed
- DTW · Detroit, MI
- Destination
- 412 · Columbus, OH
- Airport
- GLR · Otsego County, runway 27, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 230 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 320° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.