# NTSB CHI84FA042: Piper PA-22-150, N6903D, Easton Township, MI, November 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 12, 1983, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Easton Township, MI
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12376
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84FA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12376/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA042

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, unknown
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED APRX 3 MI FROM THE DEPARTURE ARPT. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, IT WAS FLYING AT APRX 200 FT AGL WHEN THE RIGHT WING DIPPED & THEN THE ACFT WENT NEARLY STRAIGHT INTO THE GROUND. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRFRAME & FLT CONTROL SYS REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF ANY PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION OF FAILURE. NO SCREEN WAS FOUND IN THE GASCOLATOR. THE CARBURETOR WAS DISASSEMBLED & NO EVIDENCE OF A MALFUNCTION WAS NOTED. THE CARBURETOR SCREEW WAS CLEAN. THERE WERE NICKS IN THE LEADING EDGES OF THE PROPELLER BLADES & SPANWISE SCRATCHES WERE ALSO NOTED ON THE BLADES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6903D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6903D-2013-05-02), registration cancelled 2013-05-02, S/N 22-4830, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-150
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-4830
- Airframe hours: 1814
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jan B. Dalgleish
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 15, 1983, 45 hours before
- Departed: Y70, IONIA, MI
- Destination: Y91, LAKE CITY, MI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 275 total, 30 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GRR, 20 nm away

## 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 19831112056919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831112056919A), Nov 12, 1983: Piper PA22150, Easton Township, MI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Stalled and spiraled to the ground after executing a steep low altitude turn. Three pilots onboard.

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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