- Date
- August 15, 1987, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ravenna, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6898ZPiper PA-60-602P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870815045619A
- Case key
- 7500
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt rprtd that drg a lndg on rwy 27, the acft touched down just short of the rwy lip. He stated that the rgt main gear hit a hole in the grass about 25 ft short of the rwy, then hit the lip. Subsequently, the rgt main gear failed & the acft veered off the rgt side of the rwy & hit a rwy light before coming to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6898Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-60-602P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 60-8265011
- Airframe hours
- 1,092
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-AA1A5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert P. Syme
- Registered owner
- James W. Syme
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 21, 1986 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- 22G · Elyria, OH
- Destination
- 29G · Ravenna, OH
- Airport
- 29G · Portage County, runway 27, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 53
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,747 total · 72 in this make and model · 4,747 as pilot in command · 93 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK, 19 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.