- Date
- August 6, 1991, 21:00 local (Aug 7, 1991, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Pleasant, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4189QPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910806032109A
- Case key
- 15149
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Probable cause
Directional control was not maintained by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were a wet, grass runway and buildings adjacent the runway.
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
The pilot said that during the landing roll out, on a 1900 foot, wet grass runway, directional control was lost. The acft veered off the runway and collided with airport buildings adjacent to the runway. Post accident investigation revealed no landing gear or brake malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4189Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7716172
- Airframe hours
- 1,316
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D36, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bradford, Frederick L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1990
- Airport
- MI44 · Dj Airport, runway 18, 1,900 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- MBS, 30 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.