- Date
- March 18, 1982, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6286PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70316
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Wrong runway - selectedFactor
Weather condition - high windFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
While performing a touch and go landing on runway 27R, the aircraft veered off the runway to the right and struck a drainage ditch. The pilot reported that the wind was from 350 degrees at 15 knots. Runway 32, an asphalt runway with a length of 3040 ft and a width of 100 ft. was available.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6286P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1396
- Airframe hours
- 1,921
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1DJ, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pro-Air
- Registered owner
- Pro-Air
- Departed
- OSU · Columbus, OH
- Destination
- OSU · Columbus, OH
- Airport
- OSU · Ohio State University, runway 27, 3,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
N6286PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 120 total · 28 in this make and model · 45 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 350° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 113 °F