- Date
- August 24, 1986, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wadsworth, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50HZPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860824041969A
- Case key
- 7167
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing roll on rwy 02, the pilot lost directional control and the acft veered off the right side of the runway. The reported winds were 290 degrees at 8 knots. The wreckage examination failed to disclose any malfunction or failure. The acft brake system operated normally during the post accident examination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50HZ
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 277554053
- Airframe hours
- 2,450
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-C1A, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air Charter Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 26, 1986 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- Toledo, OH
- Airport
- 263 · Municipal, runway 2, 3,225 × 75 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,967 total · 2,633 in this make and model · 32 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.