# Accident 20080112844419A: Cessna 340CESSNA, Port Clinton, OH, January 12, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2008, 12:37 local time
- Place: Port Clinton, OH
- Airport: Carl R Keller Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5272° N, 82.8700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5272&lon=-82.8700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2637Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2637Y-2012-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520J
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,160 total, 14 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080112844419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AN AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR FROM THE CLE FSDO WITNESSED THIS AIRCRAFT ON DOWN WIND APPROXIMATELY 800 AGL 1.2 MILES EAST OF PORT CLINTON, OHIO AIRPORT (PCW) TRAVELING EAST, TO LAND AT PCW RWY 27.  AIRCRAFT AIRSPEED APPEARED EXTREMELY SLOW, (AS VERIFIED BY POST ACCIDENT RADAR DATA).  AIRCRAFT STALLED, AND ENTERED A COUNTER CLOCKWISE SPIN AND CONTACTED THE GROUND NOSE DOWN.  THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITY WITH A LIGHT WIND FROM THE WEST AT 3 TO 6 MPH.

## 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 CHI08FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA061), Jan 12, 2008: Cessna 340 (N2637Y), Port Clinton, OH, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed to avoid a stall during the landing approach.

## Other reports on N2637Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19871216078409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871216078409I), Dec 16, 1987: Cessna 340CESSNA (N2637Y), Kalispell, MT. Propeller would not hold RPM. Engine shutdown. Unfeathering accmulator fitting had split. Fitting over torqued.

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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