- Date
- May 29, 1989, 20:35 local (May 30, 1989, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Medina, OH
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2124APiper PA-22-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 8033
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Probable cause
Failure of airport management to establish a displaced threshold which would provide adequate obstruction clearance. Factors contributing to the accident were the power lines, the utility pole and the dusk light conditions.
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 the night landing apch, the plt noted rwy 9-27 was closed. The arpt directory notes rwy 9-27 closed at night, rwy 18- 36 has lirl, and there is a displaced threshold of 120 ft for rwy 18 because of parked acft. No mention is made of power lines and a utility pole at the north end of the arpt. It was calculated that a glide slope of 3.1 degs from the rwy displaced threshold would intersect the top of the utility pole which was aligned with the rwy centerline. The acft contacted the power lines during the landing apch. After the accident, the rwy 18 threshold, and the threshold lights were displaced further away from the power lines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2124A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-566
- Airframe hours
- 3,805
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David L. Hartley
- Registered owner
- David L Hartley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 15G · Wadsworth, OH
- Destination
- Medina, OH
- Airport
- 1G5 · Freedom Field, runway 18, 3,040 × 50 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 272 total · 175 in this make and model · 243 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 30° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 18 nm away