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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Put In Bay, OH · June 4, 2012

Date
June 4, 2012 · 12:15 local
Place
Put In Bay, OH
Airport
Put-In-Bay
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2434M
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN12LA337
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total250 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After two failed attempts to land at Put In Bay, airman made contact with the runwayon the second landing attempt, aborted a landing, initiated a go around, rotated late, flew through trees causing substancial damage to the left wing.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER TWO FAILED ATTEMPTS TO LAND AT PUT IN BAY, AIRMAN MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAYON THE SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, ABORTED A LANDING, INITIATED A GO AROUND, ROTATED LATE, FLEW THROUGH TREES CAUSING SUBSTANCIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.