# NTSB CHI84LA078: Piper PA-28-140, N6372W, Holland, MI, January 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 7, 1984, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Holland, MI
- Coordinates: 42.770397, -86.09925 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7704&lon=-86.0992&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12519
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA078
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12519/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA078

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT CONTACTED A SNOWBANK DURING LANDING. AFTER THE COLLISION THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE PLT STATED THAT THE WINDS FORCED THE ACFT OFF THE CENTERLINE OF THE RWY INTO THE UNPLOWED AREA OF SNOW.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6372W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6372W-1985-09-25), registration cancelled 1985-09-25, S/N 28-20433 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-20433
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: South Side Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 23, 1983
- Departed: GRR, GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- Airport: C19, Tuplip City, runway 26, 3,930 × 70 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 131 total, 89 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 360° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,800 ft unknown
- Temperature: 19 °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 19840107001249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840107001249A), Jan 7, 1984: Piper PA28140, Holland, MI, Substantial damage. Drifted left of centerline on landing. Wing caught a snowbank. Aircraft rotated into snowbank and flipped over.

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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