- Date
- March 21, 1984, 00:58 local (05:58 UTC)
- Place
- St. Ignace, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4354JPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840321006829A
- Case key
- 12565
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with object
Altitude - inadequateCause
Preflight planning/preparation - improperCause
Weather condition - fogFactor
Flight into known adverse weather - attemptedCause
Anxiety/apprehensionFactor
Analysis
The pilot took off into adverse wx conditions & failed to attain sufficient altitude to clear trees. The purpose of the flight was to search for a missing acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4354J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-22732
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Great Lakes Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 83D · St. Ignace, MI
- Airport
- 83D · Mackinac County
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 70° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PLN, 19 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.