# Accident 19881223056489A: Piper PA18A150, Sandusky, OH, December 23, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1988, 14:30 local time
- Place: Sandusky, OH
- Airport: Griffing Sandusky Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4334° N, 82.6523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Griffing Sandusky Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4334&lon=-82.6523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9776D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9776D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,360 total, 200 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881223056489A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WIND GUST RAISED A WING ON LANDING, BEGAN GO AROUND AND DRIFTED INTO TREES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N9776D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780225004249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780225004249A), Feb 25, 1978: Piper PA18A150 (N9776D), Ashland, AL, Substantial damage. Winds gusting to 20KTS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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