# Accident 19970818022659A: Piper PA38112, Glenwood, MN, August 18, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1997, 10:30 local time
- Place: Glenwood, MN
- Airport: Glenwood Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6438° N, 95.3204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GLENWOOD MUNI (GHW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6438&lon=-95.3204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23236, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23236-2013-08-22) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 34 total, 34 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970818022659A

## Narrative

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

ABORTED CROSSCOUNTRY DUE WEATHER. ELECTED TAKEOFF LANDINGS GHW. LOST CONTROL TRYING GO AROUND IN CROSSWIND. P FACTO (-23) MR. DOMIER ABORTED HIS SOLO X-COUNTRY (GLENWOOD, MN TO BEMIDJI, MN) DUE TO WEATHER ENROUTE. MR. DOMIER DECIDED TO DO PRACTICE TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS AT GLENWOOD.  ON MR. DOMIER'S SECOND PRACTICE LANDING HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED. UP TO 10KTS CROSS-WIND COMPONENT WAS PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, ACCORDING TO DOMIER.  AWOS REPORTS DO NOT CONFIRM HIS STATEMENT.  IT APPEARS THAT MR. DOMIER WAS "DEEP" INTO HIS LANDING FLARE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO "GO-AROUND".  IMPROPER CONTROL INPUTS BY DOMIER (ABSENCE OF RUDDER INPUT AT FULL POWER) CAUSED MR. DOMIER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 N23236 (1)

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

- [Incident 19850215013429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850215013429I), Feb 15, 1985: Piper PA38112 (N23236), Minneapolis, MN. Engine quit after liftoff. Unable to stop before running off runway end. Piece of masking tape covered fuel screen.

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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