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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA38112 · Columbus, OH · July 25, 1981

Date
July 25, 1981 · 18:45 local
Place
Columbus, OH
Airport
Port Columbus
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2333B
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI81FEK27
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
615 total37 in this make and model164 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.

Dropped to runway on short final. Impact wrinkled fuselage. Slow speed on final and possible vortices.

As the FAA filed it

DROPPED TO RUNWAY ON SHORT FINAL. IMPACT WRINKLED FUSELAGE. SLOW SPEED ON FINAL AND POSSIBLE VORTICES.

NTSB investigation

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