# Accident 20050918023919A: Piper PA24260, Tiffin, OH, September 18, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2005, 10:45 local time
- Place: Tiffin, OH
- Airport: Seneca County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0897° N, 83.2075° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0897&lon=-83.2075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9311P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9311P-2006-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540N1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 760 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050918023919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1045 ON 9/18/05 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 16G, DESTINATION UNKNOWN. AIRPORT WEATHER AT TIME OF DEPARTURE WAS FOGGY WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND TO RWY 6. AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND WITH FLAPS EXTENDED TO FULL DOWN AND LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET SOUTH OF RUNWAY 6. AFTER CONTACTING TREES THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED WEST BOUND AND DOWNWARD, IMPACTING ADDITIONAL TREES AND THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET PAST THE TREE LINE AND END OF RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED ANOTHER 25 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST IN A CORNFIELD. PILOT FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 IAD05LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA137), Sep 18, 2005: Piper PA-24-260 (N9311P), Tiffin, OH, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to takeoff in weather below the published takeoff minimums, which resulted in spatial disorientation and the airplane's collision with trees and terrain. Factors in the accident…

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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