- Date
- May 9, 1985, 23:10 local (May 10, 1985, 03:10 UTC)
- Place
- Troy, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2099PPiper PA-44-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850509021339A
- Case key
- 13068
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Analysis
The plt stated that his intended destination was the Troy-oakland arpt where he intended to land on rwy 27. However, he inadvertently landed on rwy 27 at the big beaver arpt which was aprx 3 mi away. He was expecting to have 3800 ft of rwy, but the rwy at big beaver was only 2700 ft long. During the night landing, the acft continued off the end of the rwy & subsequently hit a dirt bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2099P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-44-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 447995230
- Airframe hours
- 1,262
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-E1A6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- P.J. Lewis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 23, 1985 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- MDW · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- 7D2 · Troy, MI
- Airport
- 3BB · Big Beaver, runway 27, 2,400 × 40 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 187 total · 44 in this make and model · 117 as pilot in command · 76 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET, 24 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.