# Accident 19961230045819A: Piper PA38112, Columbia Statio, OH, December 30, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1996, 19:00 local time
- Place: Columbia Statio, OH
- Airport: Columbia Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3110° N, 81.9403° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3110&lon=-81.9403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2587G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2587G-2013-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961230045819A

## Narrative

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

TOO LOW ON NIGHT APPROACH. STRUCK TREES. REMAINED ALOFT. DIVERTED TO 22G. CFI HAD S TUDENT MAKE APPROACH UNLIT RWY. (-23) DURING A NIGHT INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THE STUDENT PILOT BEGAN A DESCENT AND APPROACH TO COLUMBIA STATION, COLUMBIA, OHIO AIRPORT. THIS WAS ATTEMPTED WITHOUT ACCURATELY DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF THE RUNWAY AT THIS NON-TOWER AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, FLAP AND AILERON. THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS ABLE TO ABORT THE APPROACH AND CONINUE ON AND LAND AT LORAIN COUNTY AIRPORT, ELYRIA, OH WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD97LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA040), Dec 31, 1996: Piper PA-38-112 (N2587G), Colombia Staton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: inadequate supervision by the flight instructor (CFI), and his failure to ensure that sufficient altitude and/or clearance was maintain from obstructions (trees) during the approach. Darkness was a…

## Other reports on N2587G (2)

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

- [Accident 19970102041269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970102041269A), Jan 2, 1997: Piper PA38112 (N2587G), Lorain - Elyria, OH, Substantial damage. FAA found plane with damaged wing, aileron and flap. On approach wing hit tree. Went around. Land at alternate. (-23) aircraft left wing struck tree(s) while…
- [Incident 19810428028929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810428028929I), Apr 28, 1981: Piper PA38112 (N2587G), Lincoln, NE, Minor damage. Student pilot allowed aircraft to settle on takeoff, prop struck runway.

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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