# Accident 20081219854899A: Piper PA32R301T, Akron, OH, December 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2008, 17:50 local time
- Place: Akron, OH
- Airport: Akron-Canton Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9339° N, 81.3781° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9339&lon=-81.3781&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9299N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9299N-2017-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081219854899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23 AT AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT N9299N RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN.  THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED RADAR VECTORS TO THE INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM (ILS) APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23.  THE AIRPLANE WAS VECTORED TO INTERCEPT THE APPROACH ABOUT TWO MILES FROM THE OUTER MARKER.  THE AIRPLANE WAS INBOUND FROM THE OUTER MARKER WHEN ATC ADVISED N9299N THAT IT WAS LEFT OF COURSE.  ATC ASKED IF N9299N WOULD LIKE TO BE RESEQUENCED AND N9299N RESPONDED BY TRANSMITTING CORRECTING.  THE AIRPLANE ALTITUDE WAS STILL ABOUT 3200 FEET.  ATC THEN ADVISED N9299N THAT IT WAS WELL LEFT OF THE LOCALIZER AND IF IT WOULD LIKE TO BE RESEQUENCED.  N9299N RESPONDED BY TRANSMITTING THAT IT WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT.  N9299N WAS ABOUT TWO MILES FROM THE AIRPORT WHEN IT THEN TRANSMITTED IF A 360-DEGREE TURN COULD BE EXECUTED.  ATC THEN INSTRUCTED N9299N TO CLIMB AND MAINTAIN 3,000 FEET AND QUERIED N9299N'S PRESENT HEADING.  N9299N TRANSMITTED, HEADING DUE NORTH AND CLIMBING.  N9299N THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  WEATHER AT TIME OF THE ACCIDENT: KCAK 192251Z 30011KT 9SM BKN005 OVC010 01/M01 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP095 T00111006=

## 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 CEN09FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA099), Dec 19, 2008: Piper PA-32R (N9299N), North Canton, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inappropriate control inputs as a result of spatial disorientation, which led to an aerodynamic stall and loss of control. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's decision to…

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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