- Date
- April 15, 1982, 12:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Graytown, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9010WPiper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820415000409A
- Case key
- 70895
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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
Terrain condition - softFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
During landing roll the aircraft contacted a soft area on the pilot's privately owned sod runway. The nose gear collapsed and the aircraft came to rest with the tail in the air.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9010W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-10592
- Airframe hours
- 1,721
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dale A. Kline
- Registered owner
- Dale A. Kline
- Departed
- Toledo, OH
- Destination
- Graytown, OH
- Airport
- NOWR · Private Strip, runway 9, 2,650 × 0 ft, grass/turf
N9010WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 312 total · 209 in this make and model · 209 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.