# NTSB CHI82DA120: Piper PA-34, N8691E, Gaylord, MI, April 14, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 13, 1982, 23:30 local (Apr 14, 1982, 04:30 UTC)
- Place: Gaylord, MI
- Location: 45.0130° N, 84.7034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAYLORD RGNL (GLR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0130&lon=-84.7034&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 13, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70817
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA120
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70817/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA120

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8691E), registered now, S/N 34-7670166, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7670166
- Airframe hours: 953
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820413030319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820413030319A), Apr 13, 1982: Piper PA34200, Gaylord, MI, Substantial damage. Landed short of runway threshold severed landing gear, stopped on runway.

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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