- Date
- June 18, 1987, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Muncie, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9174MPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870618020629A
- Case key
- 13781
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After landing on rwy 32 the acft veered to the left, crossing a parallel taxiway and striking a taxiway light. The plt stated that the acft then became airborne before striking a terrain depression, at which time the nosewheel sheared off and the propeller struck the ground. N9174M then continued across rwy 02 where it collided with a barricade and stopped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9174M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 288616035
- Airframe hours
- 98
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Muncie Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Municie Aviation, Inc.
- Airport
- MIE · Delaware County Johnson, runway 32, 6,499 × 150 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 79 total · 3 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.