CHI80FEI41

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-38 · Mansfield, OH · September 3, 1980

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
September 3, 1980
Place
Mansfield, OH · MANSFIELD, OH
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N9951TPiper PA-38
Status
Completed · report October 10, 1980
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19800903039049A
Case key
128861

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2106   80/9/3    MANSFIELD,OH        PIPER PA-38         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 20, 76 TOTAL
        TIME - 1336                    N9951T              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MANSFIELD LAHM
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BUTLER,PA                   MANSFIELD,OH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
        REMARKS- ENCTRD WAKE TURB DRG LNDG BHND C-130 TRNSP ACFT.

Aircraft

Registration
N9951T
Reported as
Piper PA-38
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Mansfield Lahm

FAA reports on this event · 1

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