- Date
- February 18, 1988, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Galion, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4305APiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880218002729A
- Case key
- 7707
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane bounced during ldg, and subsequently ran off the side of the rwy into snow and nosed over. The wind conditions at the time were reportedly calm. The airplane was equipped with stc-approved conventional (taildragger) ldg gear. The plt stated he had about 200 hrs of taildragger experience.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4305A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3656
- Airframe hours
- 4,072
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Howard S. Logan, Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 19, 1987 · 15 hours before
- Airport
- GQQ · Galion Municipal, runway 5, 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 365 total · 20 in this make and model · 300 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 19 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4305A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.