# NTSB ATL88IA096: Piper PA-23-250, N5740Y, Elyria, OH, February 21, 1988

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: February 21, 1988, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Elyria, OH
- Location: 41.3315° N, 82.1003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELYRIA (1G1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3315&lon=-82.1003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7628
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88IA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7628/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88IA096

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
  - airport snow removal - inadequate, airport personnel (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5740Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5740Y), registered now, S/N 27-2864 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27 2864
- Airframe hours: 2249
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Superior Plating Company
- Registered owner: Superior Plating Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 16, 1987, 57 hours before
- Departed: DUJ, DU BOIS, PA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 1G1, Elyria, runway 27, 3,047 × 48 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 8,292 total, 597 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 18 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CLE, 12 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19880221003039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880221003039I), Feb 21, 1988: Piper PA23250, Elyria, OH, Minor damage. Collided with snowbank off approach end of runway. Nose gear collapsed during the landing roll on the runway.

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.

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