- Date
- July 26, 1970
- Place
- Shelby, OH · SHELBY, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5293LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109085
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3049 70/7/26 SHELBY,OHIO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 85 TOTAL TIME - 1515 N5293L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHELBY COMMUNITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FINDLAY,OHIO ALTOONA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- ENCTRD RAIN SHOWER,PLT ELECTED TO LND.TAILWIND GUSTING 25K
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5293L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shelby Community
N5293LRegistration cancelled Nov 29, 2025 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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