# NTSB CHI87LA043: Piper PA28-151, N41765, Marquette, MI, December 6, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 6, 1986, 14:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place: Marquette, MI
- Coordinates: 46.550807, -87.389915 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5508&lon=-87.3899&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): 13707
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13707/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA043

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - proper alignment - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank

## Analysis

WHILE ON LANDING ROLLOUT THE STUDENT PILOT SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK. THE STUDENT STATED HE WAS HOLDING EXCESSIVE LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE PRESSURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N41765](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41765-2011-08-01), registration cancelled 2011-08-01, S/N 28-7415327, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28-151
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-151](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (registry code 7102805) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-;7415327
- Airframe hours: 7268
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Northern Airmotive, Inc.
- Registered owner: Northern Airmotive Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 14, 1986, 68 hours before
- Departed: MQT, MARQUETTE, MI
- Destination: MQT, MARQUETTE CO., MI
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: MQT, Marquette, runway 26, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 21 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MQT

## 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 19861206064839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861206064839A), Dec 6, 1986: Piper PA28151, Marquette, MI, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the side of the runway on landing and hit a snowbank. Student pilot.

## Other investigations on N41765 (1)

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.

- [NTSB ERA10LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA070), Nov 20, 2009: Piper PA28-151 (N41765), Port Charlotte, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to the separation of the spark plug hole helicoil from the bottom position of the No. 3 cylinder for undetermined reasons.

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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