- Date
- April 4, 1984, 07:22 local (12:22 UTC)
- Place
- Pontiac, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3645TPiper Aerostar 600
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840404008429A
- Case key
- 12392
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an ILS apch, the acft collided with treetops while it was slightly left of the apch course near the middle marker. The plt continued to fly the acft to the rwy & the plane touched down about 1000 ft beyond the threshold. At touchdown, the acft veered to the right & skidded to a stop between the rwy & a taxiway. An exam revealed that the leading edges of the wings & the right main gear were damaged during impact with the trees. Scrape marks were found on the tread of the right main tire which showed that it had skidded about 90 deg to the plane of rotation as if it had been cocked at touchdown. The plt stated that she was chasing the needle deflection while on the ILS apch & was not properly observing the altimeter when the acft hit the trees. The decision height for the ILS apch was 1180 ft MSL. The arpt elevation was 980 ft MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3645T
- Reported as
- Piper Aerostar 600 (AEROSTAR 6)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 600852816124
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1J5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pdq Air Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 7, 1984
- Departed
- CMH · Columbus, OH
- Destination
- PTK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PTK · Pontiac/Oakland, runway 9R, 6,200 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,615 total · 250 in this make and model · 103 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.