- Date
- March 13, 1989, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tiffin, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2122JPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890313004909A
- Case key
- 7999
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Probable cause
The pilots improper recovery from a bounced landing which led to inadvertent porpoising and loss of directional control.
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
During roll out, the pilot lost directional control and veered off the left side of the runway colliding with a ditch. The pilot initially reported experiencing a left brake problem but the gear examination failed to disclose a mechanical malfunction. The investigation also disclosed evidence of the airplane porpoising on the runway several times prior to departing the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2122J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7916199
- Airframe hours
- 1,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tiffin Aire Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1989 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- Kelley Island, OH
- Airport
- 106 · Seneca County, runway 6, 4,000 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 75 total · 6 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.