- Date
- March 7, 1993, 16:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Sandusky, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- CGAICPiper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11914
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgement of distance and altitude to the runway, while on final approach, and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point for landing. A factor related to the accident was the proximity of the snowbank to the runway threshold.
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
The pilot reported that during final approach, he '. . . Was losing altitude. . . But failed to restore enough power.' The left main landing gear struck a snow bank near the runway threshold and was separated. No mechanical malfunctions were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGAIC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7415352
- Airframe hours
- 5,901
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cesare Gnecchi-Ruscone
- Registered owner
- Cesare Gnecchi-Ruscone
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 11, 1993 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- CYXU · London, Ontario
- Airport
- SKY · Griffing-Sandusky, runway 18, 2,593 × 40 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificates
- Foreign, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 234 total · 110 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 30 nm away