- Date
- October 19, 1980
- Place
- Elyria, OH · ELYRIA, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8620EPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801019057769I
- Case key
- 128919
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2477 80/10/19 ELYRIA,OH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 428 TIME - 1620 N8620E PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 161 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELYRIA CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELYRIA,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8620E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elyria City
N8620ERegistration cancelled Sep 11, 2013 · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.