- Date
- March 30, 1982, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Van Wert, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2866MPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820330006789A
- Case key
- 72915
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot-in-command had a private, single-engine-land, certificate. The occupant of the right front seat was a commercial, single-engine-land, pilot. The landing approach was made to runway 27. The pilot-in-command estimated that the winds were from 220 degrees at 16 gusting 20 knots. He reported that during landing, the gusty wind conditions forced the plane off the right side of the runway and into a ditch. A passenger stated that during the landing, the plane bounced, hit the strip a second time, and went out of control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2866M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 327940166
- Airframe hours
- 800
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Whitman Aviation
- Registered owner
- Whitman Aviation
- Departed
- Green Bay, WI
- Destination
- VNW · Van Went, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- VNW · Van Wert Municipal, runway 27, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 177 total · 28 in this make and model · 102 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 147 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.