- Date
- December 26, 1984, 17:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- Ypsilanti, MI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8921PPiper PA-24-260
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841226068149A
- Case key
- 12978
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Analysis
The acft collided with a fence & two parked cars during a forced landing while on a personal flt. The plt reported that after a 40 to 50 min ground delay he made a normal climb to 5000 ft MSL where he trimmed the acft & leaned the mixture to 75 percent power. Shortly after the level off, the eng suddenly lost power & fuel flow. The plt declared an emergency & requested vectors to the nearest airport. When the acft came out of the overcast at about 1000 ft MSL, the plt could not obtain visual contact with the airport & elected to land in a parking lot. Exam of the eng, found water around the alternate air source door & the air filter was frozen & clogged with ice. A SIGMET was in effect at the time of acc calling ror severe icing in clouds & precip from the surface to 12000 ft MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8921P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-4377
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-D4A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gregory T. Absten
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 29, 1984
- Departed
- DTW · Detroit, MI
- Destination
- BFA · Boyne Falls, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,195 total · 945 in this make and model · 1,175 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 80° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YI[, 1 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.
Other investigations on N8921P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.