Piper AEROSTAR 600 N3645T

Summary

On 4 April 1984 at about 12:22 local time, a Piper AEROSTAR 600 registered N3645T was involved in an accident near Pontiac, Michigan, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 April 1984 at 12:22

Classification

Accident

Location

Pontiac, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Pontiac/Oakland (PTK)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper AEROSTAR 600

Registration

N3645T

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Columbus → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI84FA148

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING AN ILS APCH, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREETOPS WHILE IT WAS SLIGHTLY LEFT OF THE APCH COURSE NEAR THE MIDDLE MARKER. THE PLT CONTINUED TO FLY THE ACFT TO THE RWY & THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 1000 FT BEYOND THE THRESHOLD. AT TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT & SKIDDED TO A STOP BETWEEN THE RWY & A TAXIWAY. AN EXAM REVEALED THAT THE LEADING EDGES OF THE WINGS & THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WERE DAMAGED DURING IMPACT WITH THE TREES. SCRAPE MARKS WERE FOUND ON THE TREAD OF THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE WHICH SHOWED THAT IT HAD SKIDDED ABOUT 90 DEG TO THE PLANE OF ROTATION AS IF IT HAD BEEN COCKED AT TOUCHDOWN. THE PLT STATED THAT SHE WAS CHASING THE NEEDLE DEFLECTION WHILE ON THE ILS APCH & WAS NOT PROPERLY OBSERVING THE ALTIMETER WHEN THE ACFT HIT THE TREES. THE DECISION HEIGHT FOR THE ILS APCH WAS 1180 FT MSL. THE ARPT ELEVATION WAS 980 FT MSL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.