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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA38112 · Mansfield, OH · September 3, 1980

Date
September 3, 1980 · 13:36 local
Place
Mansfield, OH
Airport
Lahm
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9951T
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI80FEI41
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
76 total76 in this make and model5 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.

Student pilot turned final too close to landing heavy aircraft. Lost control in vortices from said aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT TURNED FINAL TOO CLOSE TO LANDING HEAVY AIRCRAFT. LOST CONTROL IN VORTICES FROM SAID AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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