# NTSB CHI87LA036: Piper PA-38-112, N2357E, Gaylord, MI, November 16, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 16, 1986, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Gaylord, MI
- Coordinates: 45.020271, -84.670066 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0203&lon=-84.6701&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13702
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13702/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA036

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - notams - not issued, airport personnel
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT LANDED ON A CLOSED RWY AND THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK. A NOTAM HAD BEEN ISSUED THREE DAYS PRIOR, CLOSING THE RWY, HOWEVER, THE PLT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT CHECKED NOTOMS PRIOR TO DEPARTING TRAVERSE CITY. A PLT OF ANOTHER ACFT, WHO REPORTED BEING ADVISED THROUGH UNICOM THE DAY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT TO LAND ON ANY RWY EVEN THOUGH RWY 18 WAS CLOSED BY NOTAM. THIS PLT REPORTED HEARING N2357E ANNOUNCE FINAL FOR RWY 18. THE ARPT UNICOM OPERATOR REPORTED NO COMMNICATIONS WITH N2357E SINCE THE ACFT WAS 25 MILES FROM GAYLORD AND WAS GIVEN LOCAL WINDS AND ALTIMETER ONLY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2357E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2357E-2020-07-24), registration cancelled 2020-07-24, S/N 38-78A0447 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Registry model: [Piper PA-38-112](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (registry code 7103812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3878A0447
- Airframe hours: 2170
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 112 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Giovanni Leone
- Registered owner: Giovanni T. Leone
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, October 2, 1986, 18 hours before
- Departed: TVC, TRAVERSE CITY, MI
- Airport: GLR, Otsego County, runway 18, 3,001 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 800 total, 14 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,700 ft overcast

## 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 19861116055569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861116055569A), Nov 16, 1986: Piper PA38112, Gaylord, MI, Substantial damage. The aircraft struck a snowbank while landing on a closed runway. Pilot failed to check NOTAMS.

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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