# Accident 20240502008409A: Piper PA-20-135, Georgetown, OH, May 2, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2024, 19:30 local time
- Place: Georgetown, OH
- Airport: Brown County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8820° N, 83.8827° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8820&lon=-83.8827&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8290C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8290C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20-135 (registry code 7102010, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20-135
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 813 total, 120 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240502008409A

## Narrative

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

PIPER PA-20 WAS SECOND IN PATTERN FOR RWY 18 AT KGEO BEHIND A MILITARY HELICOPTER.  JUST PAST MIDFIELD DOWNWIND, PIPER PILOT STATED HE LOST SIGHT OF MILITARY HELICOPTER AND RADIOED FOR HELICOPTER’S POSITION.  PIPER PILOT HEARD HELICOPTER PILOT STATE THEY WERE GOING TO COME IN ON RWY 36 INSTEAD OF RWY 18.

PIPER PILOT MADE POSITION REPORTS WHILE IN THE PATTERN.  THE PIPER PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE HELICOPTER UNTIL HE WAS COMMITTED TO LANDING. HE STATED THE HELICOPTER WAS SITTING ON THE FBO RAMP.  PILOT MADE A 2-POINT LANDING AND AFTER PASSING THE HELICOPTER BEGAN TO LOSE CONTROL OF HIS AIRCRAFT.

EVEN WITH CONTROL INPUTS TO CORRECT THE AIRCRAFT ON THE CENTER LINE, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS.

## 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 ERA24LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA212), May 2, 2024: Piper PA-20-135 (N8290C), Georgetown, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent encounter with the rotor wash of a nearby hovering helicopter during landing, which resulted in a loss of control and a runway excursion.

## Other reports on N8290C (1)

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

- [Accident 19730625016089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730625016089A), Jun 25, 1973: Piper PA20135 (N8290C), Portland, IN, Substantial damage. Precautionary ldg due electrical problem.

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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