- Date
- May 8, 1982, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Yale, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N15585Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820508014399A
- Case key
- 73104
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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.
In flight collision with object
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Ground loop/swerve - delayedCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - open fieldFactor
Analysis
The pilot elected to make a go-around due to a wind shift. During the attempted go-around the aircraft collided with trees about 700 feet off the end of the runway and crashed in a corn field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15585
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7305092
- Airframe hours
- 3,662
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald J. Mccormick
- Registered owner
- Berz Flying Service
- Departed
- UIZ
- Destination
- MI64
- Airport
- MI64 · Para, runway 6, 1,850 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 261 total · 249 in this make and model · 207 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.