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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA31 · Sandusky, OH · September 13, 1979

Date
September 13, 1979 · 11:20 local
Place
Sandusky, OH
Airport
Griffing
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N930JM
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI79FEI44
Reported as
Piper PA31
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,120 total104 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated a wind gust veered aircraft off runway on landing roll. Hit railroad tie in tall weeds.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED A WIND GUST VEERED AIRCRAFT OFF RUNWAY ON LANDING ROLL. HIT RAILROAD TIE IN TALL WEEDS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.