- Date
- August 5, 1983, 14:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Bay City, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 3 serious, 4 minor; on the ground: 2 fatal, 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- CFWQVPiper PA-28-180D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12011
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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.
Overrun
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Judgment - poorCause
Analysis
After an overshoot landing attempt the pilot initiated a go-around the acft overan the end of the runway, traveled for about 330 ft and colided with a auto mobile. The roof ofthe auto was sheared off causing 2 fatal and 4 serious injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CFWQV
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-4471
- Airframe hours
- 2,719
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lapointe J.H
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1983 · 114 hours before
- Departed
- MBS · Saginaw, MI
- Airport
- 3CM · Clements, runway 5, 2,630 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,450 total · 450 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 4 knots, gusting 4
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MBS, 10 nm away