- Date
- December 23, 1988, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sandusky, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1176DPiper PA-18A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 7972
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt landed the acft on rwy 27 in winds that he estimated were from 240 deg at 10 to 15 KTS with gusts to 25 KTS. He stated that when the groundspeed had slowed to about 20 KTS, the left wing started to raise. He applied full power & the acft lifted off the ground; however, it drifted to the right, struck small trees & shrubs, then crashed. The plt indicated that his left knee may have moved the stick to the right (centering the stick) as he was reaching for the flap handle during the roll-out. Aprx 35 mi east at cleveland, the 1451 EST wind was from 250 deg at 18 gusting 26 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1176D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-6837
- Airframe hours
- 2,728
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lenardson, James R.
- Registered owner
- Lenardson, James R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1988 · 198 hours before
- Departed
- TDZ · Toledo, OH
- Destination
- CLE
- Airport
- SKY · Griffing Sandusky, runway 27, 3,553 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,360 total · 200 in this make and model · 2,223 as pilot in command · 135 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 35 nm away