# NTSB CHI85LA199: Piper PA-44-180, N2099P, Troy, MI, May 10, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 9, 1985, 23:10 local (May 10, 1985, 03:10 UTC)
- Place: Troy, MI
- Location: 42.6056° N, 83.1499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Troy, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6056&lon=-83.1499&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13068
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA199
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13068/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA199

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - landed at wrong airport - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2099P-1988-03-31), registration cancelled 1988-03-31, S/N 44-7995230 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-44-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (registry code 7104402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 447995230
- Airframe hours: 1262
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850509021339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850509021339A), May 9, 1985: Piper PA44180, Troy, MI, Substantial damage. Landed at wrong airport with shorter runway. Unable to stop, ran off end into a water retention pond.

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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