# NTSB ATL88LA175: Piper PA-28-181, N8261L, Columbus, OH, May 15, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 15, 1988, 12:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Coordinates: 40.010059, -82.920562 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0101&lon=-82.9206&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7760
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA175
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7760/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA175

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - aircraft parked/standing

## Analysis

THE PLT LANDED THE AIRPLANE LONG AT AN EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED. THE AIRPLANE OVERRAN THE RWY END, TRAVELED ACROSS A GRASSY AREA ONTO A RAMP AREA, AND COLLIDED WITH A PARKED AIRPLANE. THE PLT HAD 2 HRS OF FLT EXPERIENCE IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL AIRPLANE, WHICH WAS OBTAINED IN THE PRECEDING 90 DAYS. HE HAD NO OTHER FLIGHT EXPERIENCE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8261L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8261L-1997-10-04), registration cancelled 1997-10-04, S/N 288190026 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (registry code 7102807) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28 8190026
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4M 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Dayton Pilots Club
- Registered owner: Dayton Pilots Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, March 25, 1988
- Departed: MGY, DAYTON, OH
- Airport: CMH, Port Columbus, runway 31, 5,001 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 204 total, 2 in this make and model, 133 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CMH

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880515015209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880515015209A), May 15, 1988: Piper PA28181, Columbus, OH, Substantial damage. Landed long and ran off runway. Traveled across grass onto ramp and collided with a parked aircraft.

## Other investigations on N8261L (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 NYC95FA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95FA127), May 29, 1995: Piper PA-28-181 (N8261L), Jefferson Twp, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane which resulted in a collision with terrain during a descent.

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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