20141229022979A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-160 · Port Clinton, OH · December 29, 2014

Date
December 29, 2014 · 14:50 local
Place
Port Clinton, OH
Airport
Port Clinton
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N222CP
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN15FA088
Reported as
Piper PA-23-160
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
675 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Aircraft departed rwy 36 at Port Clinton pcw airport. Then made a left turn, which resulted in rapid out of control spinning decent and fatal crash into the backyard of a home just off the airport property.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RWY 36 AT PORT CLINTON PCW AIRPORT. THEN MADE A LEFT TURN, WHICH RESULTED IN RAPID OUT OF CONTROL SPINNING DECENT AND FATAL CRASH INTO THE BACKYARD OF A HOME JUST OFF THE AIRPORT PROPERTY.

NTSB investigation

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