# NTSB CHI82DA256: Piper PA-32RT, N31844, Mackinac, MI, July 17, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 17, 1982, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Mackinac, MI
- Coordinates: 37.959636, -76.510192 (estimated)
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 17, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71524
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA256
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71524/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA256

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

AIRCRAFT LANDED WHEELS UP. NO MALFUNCTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM COULD BE FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N31844](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31844-2013-06-18), registration cancelled 2013-06-18, S/N 32R-7885132, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32RT-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (registry code 7103215) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32R-7885132
- Airframe hours: 620
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540K 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jim Mallin
- Registered owner: Jim Mallin
- Departed: DRUMMAN, IL
- Destination: SGJ, ST. AUGUSTINE, FL
- Airport: Y84, Mackinac, runway 8, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 3,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 3,300 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 80° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 151 °F

## 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 19820717030129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820717030129A), Jul 17, 1982: Piper PA32R300, Mackinac Island, MI, Substantial damage. Pilot forgot to extend landing gear, landed gear up.

## Other investigations on N31844 (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL84FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA083), Jan 16, 1984: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N31844), Attalla, AL, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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