- Date
- October 12, 1983, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Troy, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N35695Piper J4E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831012054349A
- Case key
- 12479
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft departed the side of the rwy during landing and nosed over. A private pilot was being accompanied by a commercial pilot whose CFI cirtificate had expired. During landing roll the private pilot began 's' turns for better forward visibility. The commercial pilot tried to correct the turns being unaware of the intention of them. The left main gear went off the side of the rwy into soft ground and the acft nosed over. The commercial pilot said he is taking responsibility as PIC when the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35695
- Reported as
- Piper J4E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4-1400
- Airframe hours
- 1,279
- Engine
- Continental A75, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald C. Wiand
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1983
- Airport
- 7D2 · Troy-Oakland, runway 9, 3,855 × 50 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,757 total · 10 in this make and model · 1,612 as pilot in command · 78 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 170° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTK, 12 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.