# NTSB CHI80FEI41: Piper PA-38, N9951T, Mansfield, OH, September 3, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 3, 1980
- Place: Mansfield, OH · MANSFIELD, OH
- Location: 40.7663° N, 82.5317° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mansfield, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7663&lon=-82.5317&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 10, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 128861
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI80FEI41
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEI41

## NTSB brief

```
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mansfield Lahm

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800903039049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800903039049A), Sep 3, 1980: Piper PA38112, Mansfield, OH, Destroyed. Student pilot turned final too close to landing heavy aircraft. Lost control in vortices from said aircraft.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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